Estimation of target acquisition and tracking system performance characteristics from aerial imagery

C.G. Sadasiva Sarma; S. Venkatagiri Rao; M. S. Badrinarayanan; R. K. Mishra

doi:10.1117/12.178944

5 July 1994 Estimation of target acquisition and tracking system performance characteristics from aerial imagery

C.G. Sadasiva Sarma, S. Venkatagiri Rao, M. S. Badrinarayanan, R. K. Mishra

Proceedings Volume 2221, Acquisition, Tracking, and Pointing VIII; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.178944
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Engineering and Photonics in Aerospace Sensing, 1994, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

An experimental airborne target acquisition and tracking system is developed and tested from an aircraft platform. In this paper, assessment and estimation of the system performance characteristics in flight, in regard to (a) detection range and TV sensor resolution, (b) tracking rates (elevation and azimuth) encountered and tracking accuracy achieved, and (c) residual sightline jitter, are presented based on the recorded aerial imagery. The above estimates are made by using trigonometric expressions and details such as flight altitude and speed, sightline orientation, sensor's field-of-view, steering limits, time-on-target, target dimensions and its image fluctuations.

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C.G. Sadasiva Sarma, S. Venkatagiri Rao, M. S. Badrinarayanan, and R. K. Mishra "Estimation of target acquisition and tracking system performance characteristics from aerial imagery", Proc. SPIE 2221, Acquisition, Tracking, and Pointing VIII, (5 July 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.178944

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