Validation of Computer Vision and Environmental Sensing for Total Awareness of Personnel and Environ
Abstract
To carry out its mission, Navy and Marine Corp warfighters often operate in harsh and physically demanding environments. To ensure o,ur warfighters maintain operational readiness and warfighting supremacy in such environments, the Total Awareness of Personnel and E,nvironments in Spaces (TAPES) program aims to integrate environmental sensors measuring operational conditions, wearable sensors mea,suring physiological signals from warfighters, and overhead camera systems to detect and track people, in order to provide US warfig,hting command with asymmetric tactical advantage over opposing forces. To compliment University of Michigan s current efforts on Int,elligent Operating Environments for Enhancing Warfighter Performance and Health#, this proposal focuses on-accelerating the developm,ent of a warfighter-specific image gallery, Warfighter Activity Recognition (WAR), that can be used to train deep convoluted neural, network detectors to automate the detection and classification of warfighters, warfighting equipment and other personnel using came,ras deployed in operational battlefields. The effort supports collaboration with the Department of Defense Joint Artificial Intellig,ence Center (JAIC) to ensure WAR complements a broader range of JAIC computer vision platforms under development. The effort also fu,nds the team to experimentally validate the WAR-based detectors and trackers in tactical settings including in the University of Mic,higan s Mcity outdoor testing environment and at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, California.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Jan 14, 2022
- Source ID
- N000142212095
Entities
People
- Jertome Lynch
Organizations
- Board of Regents of the University of Michigan
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy