Track Assembly And Background Suppression Using An Array Processor And Neighborhood Coding

Oscar Firschein; Herbert E. Rauch; Walter G. Eppler

doi:10.1117/12.959253

24 December 1980 Track Assembly And Background Suppression Using An Array Processor And Neighborhood Coding

Oscar Firschein, Herbert E. Rauch, Walter G. Eppler

Proceedings Volume 0241, Real-Time Signal Processing III; (1980) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.959253
Event: 24th Annual Technical Symposium, 1980, San Diego, United States

Abstract

A novel method for real time track assembly is presented which identifies new tracks, assigns measurements to existing tracks, and eliminates false tracks. The method utilizes a sequence of two-dimensional frames of binary data from an infrared sensor where binary 1 in a picture element indicates target or noise above threshold and binary 0 is below threshold. Successive sets of two-dimensional frames are combined and then screened using a three-by-three pixel window. The track assembly is based upon neighborhood coding and "track scoring" which uses the binary configuration in the three-by-three window to distinguish between target tracks and noise. The method makes use of successive levels of data processing, and in a cluttered environment (noise in 3% of the pixels) it may be necessary to use three or more levels to eliminate false tracks due to noise. A special coding technique is developed for the Floating Point System AP-120B off-the-shelf array processor to allow processing of 160,000 pixels per second independent of the number of targets. This paper explains the coding scheme and the array processor mechanization.

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Oscar Firschein, Herbert E. Rauch, and Walter G. Eppler "Track Assembly And Background Suppression Using An Array Processor And Neighborhood Coding", Proc. SPIE 0241, Real-Time Signal Processing III, (24 December 1980); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.959253

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