Dr. Kenneth Hintz Profile

Dr. Kenneth Hintz

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Area of Expertise:

information based sensor management , preshot sniper detection , ground penetrating radar signal processing , Sensor Management

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Publications (36)

Proceedings Article | 12 June 2023 Presentation + Paper

Radiometric calibration of consumer cameras for measuring coastal light pollution

Kenneth Hintz, Christopher Hintz, Emma Hester, David Grossman

Proceedings Volume 12543, 125430G (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2661914

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Sun, Color, Cameras, RGB color model, Optical sensors, Spectral response, Freshwater and coastal sensing, Biological imaging

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Proceedings Article | 17 May 2016 Paper

An integrated model of hard and soft context in sensor management

Kenneth Hintz, Ivan Kadar

Proceedings Volume 9842, 98420M (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2228745

KEYWORDS: Environmental sensing, Sensors, Integrated modeling, Information fusion, Data acquisition, Data fusion, Computing systems, Target acquisition, Systems modeling, Data hiding

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Proceedings Article | 20 June 2014 Paper

THELMA: a mobile app for crowdsourcing environmental data

Kenneth Hintz, Christopher Hintz, Faris Almomen, Christian Adounvo, Michael D' Amato

Proceedings Volume 9091, 90911V (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2058690

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Pollution, Optical testing, Image processing, Global Positioning System, Cameras, Sensors, Internet, Environmental sensing, Optical sensors

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Proceedings Article | 18 May 2012 Paper

Utilizing information-based sensor management to reduce the power consumption of networked unattended ground sensors

Kenneth Hintz

Proceedings Volume 8392, 83920A (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.921216

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Magnetic sensors, Unattended ground sensors, Commercial off the shelf technology, Environmental sensing, Sensor networks, Magnetism, Global Positioning System, Data modeling, Acoustics

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Proceedings Article | 23 May 2011 Paper

Observations on syntactic landmine detection using impulse ground-penetrating radar

Ahmed Nasif, Kenneth Hintz

Proceedings Volume 8017, 80171M (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.884288

KEYWORDS: General packet radio service, Land mines, Mining, Radar, Pattern recognition, Electronic filtering, Signal processing, Binary data, Ground penetrating radar, Antennas

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Proceedings Article | 23 May 2011 Paper

Characterization of binary string statistics for syntactic landmine detection

Ahmed Nasif, Brian Mark, Kenneth Hintz

Proceedings Volume 8017, 80171N (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.884282

KEYWORDS: Land mines, Mining, General packet radio service, Binary data, Quantization, Data modeling, Statistical modeling, Sensors, Signal detection, Ground penetrating radar

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Proceedings Article | 5 May 2011 Paper

An information based approach to improving overhead imagery collection

Matthew Sourwine, Kenneth Hintz

Proceedings Volume 8050, 805022 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.898581

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Image quality, Satellites, Earth observing sensors, Image sensors, Infrared sensors, Imaging systems, Optical sensors, High resolution satellite images, Satellite communications

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Proceedings Article | 29 April 2010 Paper

Preprocessing of GPR data for syntactic landmine detection and classification

Ahmed Nasif, Kenneth Hintz, Nathalia Peixoto

Proceedings Volume 7664, 76642F (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.852439

KEYWORDS: Land mines, Electronic filtering, General packet radio service, Dielectrics, Semiconducting wafers, Radar, Superposition, Composites, Antennas, Ground penetrating radar

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Proceedings Article | 29 April 2010 Paper

Upper bound on false alarm rate for landmine detection and classification using syntactic pattern recognition

Ahmed Nasif, Brian Mark, Kenneth Hintz, Nathalia Peixoto

Proceedings Volume 7664, 76642G (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.852437

KEYWORDS: Land mines, Mining, Binary data, General packet radio service, Bismuth, Pattern recognition, Sensors, Image classification, Ground penetrating radar, Palladium

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Proceedings Article | 5 May 2009 Paper

Syntactic landmine detection and classification

Kenneth Hintz, Nathalia Peixoto, David Hwang

Proceedings Volume 7303, 730322 (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.818995

KEYWORDS: Land mines, General packet radio service, Electronic filtering, Signal to noise ratio, Antennas, Binary data, Radar, Dielectrics, Mining, Interfaces

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Proceedings Article | 17 April 2008 Paper

Evaluation of an information-based sensor management system

Jonathan Malachowski, Kenneth Hintz

Proceedings Volume 6968, 69680D (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.779307

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Target detection, Environmental sensing, Sensing systems, Computer simulations, Systems modeling, Device simulation, Pollution control, Defense and security, Data modeling

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Proceedings Article | 15 May 2007 Paper

Issues and challenges in resource management and its interaction with levels 2/3 fusion with applications to real-world problems: an annotated perspective

Erik Blasch, Ivan Kadar, Kenneth Hintz, Joachim Biermann, Chee-Yee Chong, John Salerno, Subrata Das

Proceedings Volume 6567, 656712 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.719613

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Information fusion, Weapons, Data fusion, Data processing, Data acquisition, Target detection, Performance modeling, Inspection, Optimization (mathematics)

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Proceedings Article | 25 May 2006 Paper

Issues in resource management with applications to real-world problems

David Castañón, Ron Mahler, Kenneth Hintz, Jim Reich, Ivan Kadar, M. Farooq, T. Kirubarajan, R. Tharmarasa, T. Sathyan, A. Sinha

Proceedings Volume 6235, 62351O (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.694899

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Data fusion, Sensor networks, Cameras, Sensing systems, Algorithm development, Computing systems, Detection and tracking algorithms, Information fusion, Error analysis

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Proceedings Article | 17 May 2006 Paper

Instantiation of dynamic goals based on situation information in sensor management systems

Kenneth Hintz, Matthew Henning

Proceedings Volume 6235, 62350B (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.665017

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Environmental sensing, Kinematics, Defense and security, Data processing, Sensor fusion, Associative arrays, Process control, Signal processing, Target recognition

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Proceedings Article | 25 May 2005 Paper

Dynamic goal instantiation in goal lattices for sensor management

Kenneth Hintz, Jonathan Malachowski

Proceedings Volume 5809, (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.606801

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Reconnaissance, Databases, Control systems, Solids, Environmental sensing, Signal to noise ratio, Sensor performance, Space sensors, Data modeling

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Proceedings Article | 21 September 2004 Paper

SNR improvements in NIITEK ground-penetrating radar

Kenneth Hintz

Proceedings Volume 5415, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.542786

KEYWORDS: Signal to noise ratio, Land mines, Convolution, Point spread functions, Radar, Antennas, General packet radio service, Ground penetrating radar, Interfaces, Electronic filtering

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Proceedings Article | 21 September 2004 Paper

A parallel implementation of LMS adaptive filter in hardware for landmine detection

Tapan Desai, Kenneth Hintz

Proceedings Volume 5415, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.542097

KEYWORDS: Field programmable gate arrays, General packet radio service, Signal processing, Digital signal processing, Digital filtering, Land mines, Logic, Detection and tracking algorithms, Signal detection, Data acquisition

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Proceedings Article | 9 August 2004 Paper

Implicit collaboration of sensor systems

Kenneth Hintz

Proceedings Volume 5429, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.542781

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Control systems, Systems modeling, Telecommunications, Sensing systems, Sensor fusion, Target detection, Computing systems, Data processing, Electronic support measures

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Proceedings Article | 11 September 2003 Paper

Volumetric signal processing hardware acceleration for mine detection

Tapan Desai, Kenneth Hintz

Proceedings Volume 5089, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.487730

KEYWORDS: Field programmable gate arrays, Signal processing, Land mines, Data processing, Clocks, Detection and tracking algorithms, Digital signal processing, Logic, General packet radio service, Optical correlators

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Proceedings Article | 14 August 2002 Paper

Investigative change detection: identifying new topics using lexicon-based search

Kenneth Hintz

Proceedings Volume 4708, (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.479294

KEYWORDS: Computing systems, Internet, Data communications, Positron emission tomography, Biology, Cell phones, Java, Sensors, Associative arrays, Software

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Proceedings Article | 31 July 2002 Paper

Creating goal lattices with GMUGLE

Kenneth Hintz, Andrew Hintz

Proceedings Volume 4729, (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.477629

KEYWORDS: Databases, Reconnaissance, Sensors, Human-machine interfaces, Data processing, Signal detection, Passive sensors, Active sensors, Probability theory, Computing systems

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Proceedings Article | 16 August 2001 Paper

GMUGLE: A goal lattice constructor

Kenneth Hintz

Proceedings Volume 4380, (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.436992

KEYWORDS: Databases, Sensors, Environmental sensing, Software development, Computing systems, Signal processing, Sensor fusion, Target recognition, Target detection, Computer engineering

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Proceedings Article | 4 August 2000 Paper

Sensor management in a sensor-rich environment

Carl Schaefer, Kenneth Hintz

Proceedings Volume 4052, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.395093

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Environmental sensing, Environmental management, Control systems, Environmental monitoring, Data acquisition, Data fusion, Failure analysis, Data archive systems, Algorithm development

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Proceedings Article | 27 July 1999 Paper

Goal lattices for sensor management

Kenneth Hintz, Gregory McIntyre

Proceedings Volume 3720, (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.357164

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Aerospace engineering, Environmental sensing, Visualization, Atomic force microscopy, Computer engineering, Mathematical modeling, Data processing, Data fusion, Optimization (mathematics)

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Proceedings Article | 17 July 1998 Paper

Comparison of several maneuvering target tracking models

Gregory McIntyre, Kenneth Hintz

Proceedings Volume 3374, (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.327127

KEYWORDS: Filtering (signal processing), Error analysis, Performance modeling, Process modeling, Monte Carlo methods, Electronic filtering, Target detection, Linear filtering, Motion models, Statistical modeling

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Proceedings Article | 17 July 1998 Paper

Information instantiation in sensor management

Kenneth Hintz, Gregory McIntyre

Proceedings Volume 3374, (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.327120

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Target detection, Associative arrays, Algorithm development, Mathematical modeling, Error analysis, Kinematics, Target acquisition, Environmental sensing, Space operations

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SPIE Journal Paper | 1 February 1998

Sensor measurement scheduling: an enhanced dynamic, pre-emptive algorithm

Gregory McIntyre, Kenneth Hintz

OE, Vol. 37, Issue 02, (February 1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.601640

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Control systems, Algorithm development, Optical engineering, Data fusion, Stochastic processes, Data processing, Environmental sensing, Algorithms, Computer programming

Proceedings Article | 28 July 1997 Paper

Sensor management simulation and comparative study

Gregory McIntyre, Kenneth Hintz

Proceedings Volume 3068, (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.280803

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Target detection, Mathematical modeling, Information theory, Control systems, Environmental sensing, Data fusion, Computer simulations, Infrared sensors, Process control

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Proceedings Article | 14 June 1996 Paper

OGUPSA sensor scheduling architecture and algorithm

Zhixiong Zhang, Kenneth Hintz

Proceedings Volume 2755, (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.243171

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Computer architecture, Computer simulations, Signal processing, Data processing, Computer engineering, Switches, Tin, Samarium, Information technology

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Proceedings Article | 14 June 1996 Paper

Information theoretic approach to sensor scheduling

Gregory McIntyre, Kenneth Hintz

Proceedings Volume 2755, (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.243172

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Target detection, Environmental sensing, Probability theory, Sensor performance, Filtering (signal processing), Computer simulations, Data fusion, Computer programming, Control systems

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Proceedings Article | 5 July 1995 Paper

Evolving neural networks for video attitude and height sensor

Zhixiong Zhang, Kenneth Hintz

Proceedings Volume 2484, (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.213031

KEYWORDS: Neurons, Semiconductor lasers, Cameras, Neural networks, Video, Sensors, Genetic algorithms, Laser video displays, Tin, Structured light

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Proceedings Article | 5 July 1995 Paper

Evolution of convolution kernels for feature extraction

Shawn Masters, Kenneth Hintz

Proceedings Volume 2484, (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.213047

KEYWORDS: Convolution, Image segmentation, Feature extraction, Chemical elements, Genetic algorithms, Image processing, Clouds, Target recognition, Information assurance, Machine learning

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Proceedings Article | 9 July 1992 Paper

Synthetic-aperture radar imagery scene segmentation using fractal processing

Clayton Stewart, Baback Moghaddam, Kenneth Hintz

Proceedings Volume 1699, (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.138236

KEYWORDS: Fractal analysis, Image segmentation, Synthetic aperture radar, Speckle, Image processing, Polarimetry, Spatial frequencies, Radar, Detection and tracking algorithms, Mathematical modeling

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Proceedings Article | 1 August 1991 Paper

Space-filling curves for image compression

Baback Moghaddam, Kenneth Hintz, Clayton Stewart

Proceedings Volume 1471, (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.44897

KEYWORDS: Image compression, Image quality, Image processing, Object recognition, Image quality standards, Data compression, Fractal analysis, Spatial frequencies, Matrices, Solids

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Proceedings Article | 1 July 1991 Paper

Dimension and lacunarity measurement of IR images using Hilbert scanning

Baback Moghaddam, Kenneth Hintz, Clayton Stewart

Proceedings Volume 1486, (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.45755

KEYWORDS: Fractal analysis, Clouds, Infrared imaging, Image segmentation, Volume rendering, Sensors, Statistical analysis, Mathematical modeling, Image classification, Motion models

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