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Proceedings Article | 14 April 2008 Paper

Tactical imagery and geospatial data support options for automatic target acquisition

Nicola Broderick, Michael Podlesak, Paul Dare, Simon Jones

Proceedings Volume 6967, 69670R (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.776491

KEYWORDS: 3D modeling, Data modeling, Performance modeling, 3D image processing, Systems modeling, Model-based design, Sensors, Image sensors, RGB color model, 3D acquisition

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This paper presents a novel analytical method measuring the impact of reference model accuracy on tactical, model-based automatic target acquisition (ATA) algorithm performance. Military tacticians are currently governed by various standards regarding quality requirements for georeferenced imagery and geospatial data sources. In some new generation systems, this imagery provides the basis for generating 3D reference models for input into model-based ATA systems. This paper analyses the criticality of this absolute coordinate accuracy requirement by assessing ATA algorithm performance using 3D reference models created from a variety of commercially available data sources, including aerial and terrestrial photography, and airborne laser scanner data. ATA algorithm performance is analysed using a software tool that uses a variety of open source techniques and image processing functions typically found in tactical, air-to-ground, model-based ATA systems. Each of the 3D reference models, extracted in a number of different areas of interest, was matched against a corresponding sequence of infrared video data. This provided a series of results, which were analysed as a function of both reference model accuracy and object selection and representation. Initial results indicate that the absolute accuracy of the reference models created for this research has a minor impact on ATA algorithm performance when compared with the impact of the content of the reference models, taking into account the complexity of the area of interest. This suggests that a wider array of data sources may be suitable for 3D reference model construction, than is currently accepted.

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