Infrared Stationary Object Acquisition and Moving Object Tracking

Abstract

Currently, there is much interest in developing electro-optic and infrared stationary and moving object acquisition and tracking algorithms for Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) and other applications. Many of the existing EO/IR object acquisition and tracking techniques work well for good-quality images, when object parameters such as size are well-known. However, when dealing with noisy and distorted imagery many techniques are unable to acquire stationary objects nor acquire and track moving objects. This technical paper will discuss two inter-related problems: (1) stationary object detection and segmentation and (2) moving object acquisition and tracking in a sequence of images that are acquired via an IR sensor mounted on both stationary and moving platforms.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 07, 2011
Accession Number
ADA538516

Entities

People

  • David Gray
  • Sengvieng Amphay

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • C4I
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Algorithms
  • Change Detection
  • Computer Vision
  • Cross Correlation
  • Data Acquisition
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Image Processing
  • Infrared Detectors
  • Military Research
  • Object Recognition
  • Platforms
  • Two Dimensional
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Readers

  • Computer Vision.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.