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17 October 1994 Real-time infrared target processor for advanced land fire control applications
Erik Lithopoulos, Leandre Sevigny, John Laurent
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Proceedings Volume 2269, Infrared Technology XX; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.188627
Event: SPIE's 1994 International Symposium on Optics, Imaging, and Instrumentation, 1994, San Diego, CA, United States
Abstract
The infrared target processor (IRTP) is a real-time processor capable of automatic and operator-aided detection, lock-on and tracking of multiple targets in infrared imagery. The IRTP has been developed under a feeder project to the advanced land fire control system (ALFCS) program, a project to develop accurate fire on the move capability for Canadian tanks. The IRTP is built around the datacube pipelined architecture using commercially available image processing and general purpose components. Presently, the IRTP is capable of real-time detection and tracking of up to five targets at video rates (30 frames/sec), and its operation is controlled via a single monitor that contains graphical control panels and a real- time video display. To augment the operation of the target detection/tracking and the gun fire control operations of the ALFCS a position orientation system (POS) can be used to provide accurate vertical reference measurements of the turret. The POS is built around an inertial measurement unit (IMU) and specialized real-time software implemented on a general purpose CPU card. Although the IRTP is currently being developed for ALFCS applications, the testbed architecture and algorithms are flexible and the system has been used to test and develop algorithms for general target processing applications.
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Erik Lithopoulos, Leandre Sevigny, and John Laurent "Real-time infrared target processor for advanced land fire control applications", Proc. SPIE 2269, Infrared Technology XX, (17 October 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.188627
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KEYWORDS
Target detection
Image processing
Detection and tracking algorithms
Video
Global Positioning System
Algorithm development
Infrared radiation
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