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Dr. Michael L. Wilson

at US Naval Research Lab

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Proceedings Article | 15 June 2023 Presentation

Maritime environment testing of a shipboard panoramic electro-optic/infrared surveillance and cueing system

Michael Wilson, Jason Edelberg, James Waterman

Proceedings Volume 12534, 125340Y (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2665830

KEYWORDS: Panoramic photography, Infrared radiation, Electro optics, Surveillance, Environmental monitoring, Mid-IR, Sensors, Cameras, Video surveillance, Video

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Proceedings Article | 24 June 2014 Paper

Folded path LWIR system for SWAP constrained platforms

Erin Fleet, Michael Wilson, Dale Linne von Berg, Thomas Giallorenzi, Barry Mathieu

Proceedings Volume 9070, 907029 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2050503

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Sensors, Modulation transfer functions, Long wavelength infrared, Cameras, Geometrical optics, Imaging systems, Optical design, Aspheric lenses, Aluminum

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Proceedings Article | 13 June 2014 Paper

Application of rich feature descriptors to small target detection in wide-area persistent ISR systems

Christopher Miller, Jason Edelberg, Michael Wilson, Kyle Novak

Proceedings Volume 9092, 909202 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2050440

KEYWORDS: Target detection, Intelligence systems, Target recognition, Sensors, Analytical research, Detection and tracking algorithms, Surveillance, Motion models, Object recognition, Target acquisition

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Proceedings Article | 9 June 2014 Paper

Automated multi-INT fusion for tactical reconnaissance

Thomas Walls, Andrew Boudreau, Michael Wilson, Jonathan Haws, Troy Johnson, Brad Petersen

Proceedings Volume 9076, 90760H (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2053563

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Signals intelligence, Synthetic aperture radar, Databases, Data fusion, Reconnaissance, Target detection, Intelligence systems, Image sensors, Reconnaissance systems

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Proceedings Article | 29 May 2014 Paper

Multi-mission, autonomous, synthetic aperture radar

Thomas Walls, Michael Wilson, David Madsen, Mark Jensen, Stephanie Sullivan, Michael Addario, Iain Hally

Proceedings Volume 9077, 907706 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2053561

KEYWORDS: Synthetic aperture radar, Sensors, Image processing, X band, Antennas, L band, Image acquisition, Intelligence systems, Transceivers, Signal processing

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Proceedings Article | 31 May 2013 Paper

Compact, autonomous, multi-mission synthetic aperture radar

Thomas Walls, Michael Wilson, David Madsen, Chad Knight, Mark Jensen, Darin Partridge, Mike Addario

Proceedings Volume 8714, 87140Y (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2018282

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Synthetic aperture radar, Image processing, Intelligence systems, Image acquisition, Antennas, X band, Image sensors, Detection and tracking algorithms, Image resolution

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Proceedings Article | 29 May 2013 Paper

Scalable sensor management for automated fusion and tactical reconnaissance

Thomas Walls, Michael Wilson, Darin Partridge, Jonathan Haws, Mark Jensen, Troy Johnson, Brad Petersen, Stephanie Sullivan

Proceedings Volume 8756, 875605 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2018296

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Target detection, Image sensors, Synthetic aperture radar, Detection and tracking algorithms, Artificial intelligence, Databases, Data communications, Copper, Intelligent sensors

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The capabilities of tactical intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) payloads are expanding from single sensor imagers to integrated systems-of-systems architectures. Increasingly, these systems-of-systems include multiple sensing modalities that can act as force multipliers for the intelligence analyst. Currently, the separate sensing modalities operate largely independent of one another, providing a selection of operating modes but not an integrated intelligence product. We describe here a Sensor Management System (SMS) designed to provide a small, compact processing unit capable of managing multiple collaborative sensor systems on-board an aircraft. Its purpose is to increase sensor cooperation and collaboration to achieve intelligent data collection and exploitation. The SMS architecture is designed to be largely sensor and data agnostic and provide flexible networked access for both data providers and data consumers. It supports pre-planned and ad-hoc missions, with provisions for on-demand tasking and updates from users connected via data links. Management of sensors and user agents takes place over standard network protocols such that any number and combination of sensors and user agents, either on the local network or connected via data link, can register with the SMS at any time during the mission. The SMS provides control over sensor data collection to handle logging and routing of data products to subscribing user agents. It also supports the addition of algorithmic data processing agents for feature/target extraction and provides for subsequent cueing from one sensor to another. The SMS architecture was designed to scale from a small UAV carrying a limited number of payloads to an aircraft carrying a large number of payloads. The SMS system is STANAG 4575 compliant as a removable memory module (RMM) and can act as a vehicle specific module (VSM) to provide STANAG 4586 compliance (level-3 interoperability) to a non-compliant sensor system. The SMS architecture will be described and results from several flight tests and simulations will be shown.

Proceedings Article | 3 May 2012 Paper

Autonomous cross-correlation of optical MTI for live inspection and tracking

Jason Edelberg, Brian Daniel, Michael Wilson, Steve Frawley, Chris Meadows, Troy Johnson, Michael Duncan

Proceedings Volume 8396, 839609 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.921289

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Surveillance, Image processing, Analytical research, Motion detection, Image compression, Infrared sensors, Inspection, Optical tracking, Intelligence systems

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Proceedings Article | 26 May 2011 Paper

Autonomous collection of dynamically-cued multi-sensor imagery

Brian Daniel, Michael Wilson, Jason Edelberg, Mark Jensen, Troy Johnson, Scott Anderson

Proceedings Volume 8020, 80200A (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.882926

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Image sensors, Inspection, Surveillance, Synthetic aperture radar, Target detection, Mid-IR, Databases, High altitude reconnaissance, Infrared sensors

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Proceedings Article | 24 April 2010 Paper

Compact survey and inspection day/night image sensor suite for small unmanned aircraft systems (EyePod)

Alan Bird, Scott Anderson, Dale Linne von Berg, Morgan Davidson, Niel Holt, Melvin Kruer, Michael Wilson

Proceedings Volume 7668, 766809 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.850805

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Long wavelength infrared, Image sensors, Control systems, Imaging systems, Inspection, Cameras, High altitude reconnaissance, Electronics, Databases

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Proceedings Article | 24 April 2010 Paper

Use of compact synthetic aperture radar systems to assist with device detection and discrimination

Mark Jensen, Thomas Walls, Scott Anderson, Dale Linne von Berg, Niel Holt, Melvin Kruer, David Long, Michael Wilson

Proceedings Volume 7668, 766808 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.850802

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Synthetic aperture radar, L band, Target detection, X band, High altitude reconnaissance, Radar, Image enhancement, Image processing, Algorithm development

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Proceedings Article | 24 April 2010 Paper

Multisensor airborne imagery collection and processing onboard small unmanned systems

Dale Linne von Berg, Scott Anderson, Alan Bird, Niel Holt, Melvin Kruer, Thomas Walls, Michael Wilson

Proceedings Volume 7668, 766807 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.850775

KEYWORDS: Sensors, High altitude reconnaissance, Inspection, Target detection, Image processing, Algorithm development, Image sensors, Synthetic aperture radar, Long wavelength infrared, Video

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Proceedings Article | 15 April 2008 Paper

DUSTER: demonstration of an integrated LWIR-VNIR-SAR imaging system

Michael Wilson, Dale Linne von Berg, Melvin Kruer, Niel Holt, Scott Anderson, David Long, Yuly Margulis

Proceedings Volume 6946, 694607 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.777984

KEYWORDS: Sensors, L band, Synthetic aperture radar, X band, Long wavelength infrared, Inspection, Unmanned aerial vehicles, Image acquisition, Infrared sensors, Imaging systems

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