Moving target tracking using multiple sensors

Manikant D. Lodaya; Richard Bottone

doi:10.1117/12.391990

13 July 2000 Moving target tracking using multiple sensors

Manikant D. Lodaya, Richard Bottone

Proceedings Volume 4048, Signal and Data Processing of Small Targets 2000; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.391990
Event: AeroSense 2000, 2000, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

Multiple Sensors improve tracking performance. The Kinematic Automatic Tracker (KAT) may drop a track when the Joint STARS aircraft is turning or the track is screened. In situation like this multiple sensors can improve tracking performance. Two algorithms for tracking moving targets using multiple sensors are developed. Both algorithms are based on modifying the existing KAT architecture. The first approach is based on the use of the best sensor's Moving Target Indicators (MTIs) when the sensors have overlapping dwells. The second and more general approach uses the report-to-track fusion algorithm. The first approach is frame- based (with multiple dwells), whereas the second approach is dwell- based. The tracking results are presented for the first algorithm for a two-sensors Korean scenario with increasing complexity. We also show the advantages of using multiple sensors for tracking using a simulated Korea scenario. For the report-to-track fusion algorithm, we present preliminary tracking results for a simulated scenario using two UAV sensors.

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Manikant D. Lodaya and Richard Bottone "Moving target tracking using multiple sensors", Proc. SPIE 4048, Signal and Data Processing of Small Targets 2000, (13 July 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.391990

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