Feature-aided tracking using invariant features of HRR signatures

David C. Gross; Michael W. Oppenheimer; James L. Schmitz; Kirk Sturtz

doi:10.1117/12.438205

27 August 2001 Feature-aided tracking using invariant features of HRR signatures

David C. Gross, Michael W. Oppenheimer, James L. Schmitz, Kirk Sturtz

Proceedings Volume 4382, Algorithms for Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery VIII; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.438205
Event: Aerospace/Defense Sensing, Simulation, and Controls, 2001, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

The present era of limited warfare demands that warfighters have the capability for timely acquisition and precision strikes against enemy ground targets with minimum collateral damage. As a result, automatic target recognition (ATR) and Feature Aided Tracking (FAT) of moving ground vehicles using High Range Resolution (HRR) radar has received increased interest in the community. HRR radar is an excellent sensor for potentially identifying moving targets under all-weather, day/night, long-standoff conditions. This paper presents preliminary results of a Veridian Engineering Internal Research and Development effort to determine the feasibility of using invariant HRR signature features to assist a FAT algorithm. The presented method of invariant analysis makes use of Lie mathematics to determine geometric and system invariants contained within an Object/Image (O/I) relationship. The fundamental O/I relationship expresses a geometric relationship (constraint) between a 3-D object (scattering center) and its image (a 1-D HRR profile). The HRR radar sensor model is defined, and then the O/I relationship for invariant features is derived. Although constructing invariants is not a trivial task, once an invariant is determined, it is computationally simple to implement into a FAT algorithm.

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David C. Gross, Michael W. Oppenheimer, James L. Schmitz, and Kirk Sturtz "Feature-aided tracking using invariant features of HRR signatures", Proc. SPIE 4382, Algorithms for Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery VIII, (27 August 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.438205

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