Use Of Knowledge In Electro-Optical Trackers

James P. Morgenstern

doi:10.1117/12.960743

20 September 1989 Use Of Knowledge In Electro-Optical Trackers

James P. Morgenstern

Proceedings Volume 1110, Imaging Infrared: Scene Simulation, Modeling, and Real Image Tracking; (1989) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.960743
Event: SPIE 1989 Technical Symposium on Aerospace Sensing, 1989, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

A real-time electro-optic tracker is described, which uses knowledge about scene processes to resolve tracking problems involving obscuration, partial obscuration, target-like clutter or other targets in the field of view that may cause the tracker to break track. The tracker incorporates a scene model which combines extracted information from the sensor imagery with prior knowledge of scene formation processes and a dynamic model of object movement. The tracker maintains a tracking window large enough to allow measurement of (clutter) objects near the target so that if the target does indeed occlude or becomes occluded by the object, the scene model has the capability to resolve the conflict and maintain track on the designated target.

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James P. Morgenstern "Use Of Knowledge In Electro-Optical Trackers", Proc. SPIE 1110, Imaging Infrared: Scene Simulation, Modeling, and Real Image Tracking, (20 September 1989); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.960743

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