The measurements of the two closely-spaced targets will be merged when the target echoes are not resolved in angle, range, or radial velocity (i.e., Doppler processing). The modified Cramer Rao lower bound (CRLB) is g...
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The measurements of the two closely-spaced targets will be merged when the target echoes are not resolved in angle, range, or radial velocity (i.e., Doppler processing). The modified Cramer Rao lower bound (CRLB) is given for monopulse direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation for two unresolved Rayleigh targets and used to give insight into the antenna boresight pointing. A monopulse processing technique is given for DOA estimation of two unresolved Rayleigh targets. The Nearest Neighbor Joint Probabilistic data Association Algorithm (NNJPDA) algorithm is extended to include the possibility of merged monopulse measurements of Rayleigh targets. The monopulse signals are incorporated into the data association as a feature to discriminate between merged and resolved measurements.
In this paper we consider the problem of tracking a manoeuvring target in clutter. We apply an original on-line Monte Carlo (MC) filtering algorithm to perform optimal state estimation. Improved performance of the res...
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In this paper we consider the problem of tracking a manoeuvring target in clutter. We apply an original on-line Monte Carlo (MC) filtering algorithm to perform optimal state estimation. Improved performance of the resulting algorithm over standard IMM/PDAF based filters is demonstrated.
This paper considers the problem of tracking dim unresolved ground targets and helicopters in heavy clutter with a ground based sensor. To detect dim targets the threshold must be set low which results in a large numb...
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This paper considers the problem of tracking dim unresolved ground targets and helicopters in heavy clutter with a ground based sensor. To detect dim targets the threshold must be set low which results in a large number of false alarms. The tracker typically uses the target dynamics to prevent the false alarms from forming false tracks. The interesting aspect of this problem is that the targets may be or may become stationary. The tracks of stationary targets are difficult to discriminate from tracks formed by persistent false alarms.
Of particular interest are efficient algorithms of detection and acquisition of smalltargets with low signal-to-clutter ratio (SCR) for reality applications. Some algorithms like matched filtering (MF), dynamic progr...
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Of particular interest are efficient algorithms of detection and acquisition of smalltargets with low signal-to-clutter ratio (SCR) for reality applications. Some algorithms like matched filtering (MF), dynamic programming (DPA) and multistage hypothesis test (MSHT) have been proposed. Although some experiments proved that these algorithms have good target detection performance, it is difficult to implement by hardware because of more computational requirement. In this paper one simple and useful algorithm of the detection and acquisition for smalltargets with low SCR is presented. input image is preprocessed with using background normalization and background removal, and SCR of targets of difference value image outputted is improved. After image segmentation with an adaptive threshold is finished, the target detection is performed by continuous multi-frame detection method using spatial-temporal continuous motion features of targets. The targets are identified with multistage continuous filtering and a main target selected is acquired and tracked with the window. Experiments proved that the algorithm could detect smalltargets with SCR equal to 3 in cloud background. The method has been used for infrared tracking system in field and good tracking performance is acquired.
It is a challenging problem to track point source targets and small extending ones in clutter. Only using single-image sensor is usually not adequate to meet the requirement of a multi-target tracking (MTT) system. Ca...
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It is a challenging problem to track point source targets and small extending ones in clutter. Only using single-image sensor is usually not adequate to meet the requirement of a multi-target tracking (MTT) system. Carrying out the measurement through two infrared waveband image sensors, and fusing efficiently measurement data of both sensors, we can track small extending targets precisely and improve the performance of the MTT system. In this paper, the multi-target tracking method based on 3 similar to 5 mu m and 8 similar to 12 mu m infrared image sensors is introduced. The mission scenario is thought as tracking air target. The algorithm of the target image centroid estimator is discussed. In order to improve the precision of target tracking, the data fusion algorithm with Kalman filter is described for the target vector feature. The simulation results indicate that the target tracking precision can be improved by tracking small extending targets with dual-infrared image sensors.
When the size of targets is comparable to the range resolution of monopulse radars, these targets should be considered as extended rather than point targets. If several closely-spaced targets fall within the same rada...
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When the size of targets is comparable to the range resolution of monopulse radars, these targets should be considered as extended rather than point targets. If several closely-spaced targets fall within the same radar beam and between adjacent matched filter samples in range, the full monopulse information from all of these samples can and should be used to resolve these targets, i.e., estimate the number of targets and their respective angles-of-arrival and ranges. To detect and localize multiple unresolved extended targets, we establish a model for monopulse radar returns from extended objects, and present a maximum likelihood estimator (MLE) to localize the targets. Rissanen's minimum description length (MDL) criterion will be used to decide the number of existing extended objects. We also derive the upper limit on the number of targets and their scattering centers that can be resolved, and we provide necessary conditions for these targets to be uniquely identified. We compare the new extended target monopulse processing scheme with previously developed point-target monopulse techniques in the simulations.
The ground-target tracking with dual-image sensor is discussed in this paper. The mission scenario is that fighter and helicopter track tactical ground targets such as tank, armored car and articulated vehicle. The ai...
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The ground-target tracking with dual-image sensor is discussed in this paper. The mission scenario is that fighter and helicopter track tactical ground targets such as tank, armored car and articulated vehicle. The airborne system which using a video camera and an 8 similar to 12 mu m infrared imager and processing with parallel DSP can track and identify ground-target in real time. In this paper the sensor platform (aircraft and gimbal) motion parameters are defined, the transformation matrix between the coordinate frames and sensor platform motion compensation algorithm are given. The algorithm of extraction image feature is introduced. According to the SNR of the target measured, two belief regions of target measurement are established I the data fusion algorithm of dual-imaging sensor measurements is given with the voting regulation.
Wavelet-based detection algorithms are developed for detecting smalltargets in non-Gaussian clutter. A wavelet transform is applied to reduce spatial correlation of the clutter. An adaptive matched filter is applied ...
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Wavelet-based detection algorithms are developed for detecting smalltargets in non-Gaussian clutter. A wavelet transform is applied to reduce spatial correlation of the clutter. An adaptive matched filter is applied in the wavelet transform domain which uses estimated covariance matrices derived from the wavelet coefficients. Two problems hinder the use of covariance estimates for background clutter removal: slow computational speed and induced false alarms resulting from nearly singular covariance estimates due to small sample sizes. The issue of speed is dealt with by evaluating the covariance matrices on a sparse grid followed by low order interpolation. To control the problem of bad covariance estimates we filter the grid generated covariance matrices to remove outliers using peer group averaging (PGA). This procedure removes the false alarm problem associated with nearly singular covariance estimates without degrading the overall performance of the clutter removal process.
This paper examines the determination of sensor biases by comparing multiple track outputs from spatially disparate platforms. In many cases, this can be achieved using least-squares methods, minimising the summed-squ...
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This paper examines the determination of sensor biases by comparing multiple track outputs from spatially disparate platforms. In many cases, this can be achieved using least-squares methods, minimising the summed-squares of track differences. This method, while simple, is shown to provide valuable information concerning the observability of a given type of bias. Observability is here defined as permitting (in principle) the determination of a unique value for that bias, for each sensor in a pair (to take the simplest case), given sufficient measurement pairs. For the purposes of this study, the types of bias are divided into three main classes: measurement, own-position and alignment. In general, only members of the first group are individually observable, while for the other two classes observable combinations of the individual biases can be derived. The least-squares method also provides an effective method for assessing observability in practice (for example, in certain sensor-track configurations), and in determining which estimated biases are most reliable in such circumstances.
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