Intelligent Tracking Techniques

摘要

This is the Fifth Quarterly Report under a contract to investigate the design, test, and implementation of a set of algorithms to perform intelligent tracking and intelligent homing on FLIR and TV imagery. The intelligent tracker will monitor the entire field of view, detect and classify targets, perform multiple target tracking, and predict changes in target signature prior to the targets entry into an obscuration. The intelligent tracking ahd homing system will also perform target prioritization and critical aimpoint selection. The system concept was described. The problem of target aspect determination in support of aimpoint selection was analyzed. Sequences of 875 line FLIR data were extracted from the NV&EOL data base and an example of aspect determination for a maneuvering target in the presence of obscurations was presented. An example was also presented for close-in homing (less than 500 meters) and the emergence of interior features, target movement, and scale changes. Hardware implementation in terms of VLSI/VHSIC chips was analyzed. (Author)