Hard Sensor Fusion for COIN Inspired Situation Awareness

Abstract

Counter Insurgency operations require the ability to develop accurate representations of the physical environment and the human landscape in various conditions (e.g., urban and non-urban, day and night, and various weather conditions). We are developing innovative sensor suites and processing techniques suitable for such domains as part of a larger effort to support human-centric hard/soft data fusion. In this paper, we present a sensor suite, an information processing architecture, examples of the resulting fused information, and future experimental designs. These combined resources present opportunities for creating rich 3-D characterizations of the environment and can support novel hybrid human/computer methods for target characterization, identification, and tracking.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA565445

Entities

People

  • Christopher Griffin
  • David L. Hall
  • Donald J. Natale
  • Jeffrey Rimland
  • John M. Daughtry
  • Matthew M. Mcquillan
  • Matthew S. Baran
  • Richard L. Tutwiler

Organizations

  • Pennsylvania State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cameras
  • Data Fusion
  • Data Sets
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Environment
  • Images
  • Improvised Explosive Devices
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Infrared Detectors
  • Lidar
  • Military Research
  • Sensor Fusion
  • Urban Areas
  • Vehicles
  • Video

Readers

  • Computer Vision.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.