Automatic target identification using neural networks

Mahmoud A. Abdallah; Tayib I. Samu; William A. Grissom

doi:10.1117/12.222708

3 October 1995 Automatic target identification using neural networks

Mahmoud A. Abdallah, Tayib I. Samu, William A. Grissom

Proceedings Volume 2588, Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XIV: Algorithms, Techniques, Active Vision, and Materials Handling; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.222708
Event: Photonics East '95, 1995, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Abstract

Neural network theories are applied to attain human-like performance in areas such as speech recognition, statistical mapping, and target recognition or identification. In target identification, one of the difficult tasks has been the extraction of features to be used to train the neural network which is subsequently used for the target's identification. The purpose of this paper is to describe the development of an automatic target identification system using features extracted from a specific class of targets. The extracted features were the graphical representations of the silhouettes of the targets. Image processing techniques and some Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) properties were implemented to extract the features. The FFT eliminates variations in the extracted features due to rotation or scaling. A Neural Network was trained with the extracted features using the Learning Vector Quantization paradigm. An identification system was set up to test the algorithm. The image processing software was interfaced with MATLAB Neural Network Toolbox via a computer program written in C language to automate the target identification process. The system performed well as at classified the objects used to train it irrespective of rotation, scaling, and translation. This automatic target identification system had a classification success rate of about 95%.

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Mahmoud A. Abdallah, Tayib I. Samu, and William A. Grissom "Automatic target identification using neural networks", Proc. SPIE 2588, Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XIV: Algorithms, Techniques, Active Vision, and Materials Handling, (3 October 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.222708

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