Detection Of Moving Vehicles In Thermal Imagery Obtained From A Moving Platform

Arthur V. Forman Jr.; Meloneze M. Moore; Ronald Patton; Andrew J. Spiessbach

doi:10.1117/12.936652

9 January 1984 Detection Of Moving Vehicles In Thermal Imagery Obtained From A Moving Platform

Arthur V. Forman Jr., Meloneze M. Moore, Ronald Patton, Andrew J. Spiessbach

Proceedings Volume 0432, Applications of Digital Image Processing VI; (1984) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.936652
Event: 27th Annual Technical Symposium, 1983, San Diego, United States

Abstract

Automatic recognition of ground vehicles from an airborne platform can be greatly enhanced by an algorithm that accurately extracts the velocity of these vehicles when they are moving. The moving scene elements can be separated from the stationary (background) scene elements by accurately registering the stationary scene elements in successive images of the image sequence. In this paper, alternative techniques are described and demonstrated for each of the steps in a generic symbolic registration procedure. Output results are presented for a thermal closing sequence and for a side looking tracking sequence. These results show promise not only for accurate measurement of object velocity, but for accurate passive ranging as well.

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Arthur V. Forman Jr., Meloneze M. Moore, Ronald Patton, and Andrew J. Spiessbach "Detection Of Moving Vehicles In Thermal Imagery Obtained From A Moving Platform", Proc. SPIE 0432, Applications of Digital Image Processing VI, (9 January 1984); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.936652

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