VIGIL: a GPS-based target-tracking system

Carl Christian Liebe; Kenneth A. Brown; Suraphol Udomkesmalee; Curtis W. Padgett; Michael P. Brenner; Ayanna M. Howard; Terry R. Wysocky; David I. Brown; Steven C. Suddarth

doi:10.1117/12.317509

30 July 1998 VIGIL: a GPS-based target-tracking system

Carl Christian Liebe, Kenneth A. Brown, Suraphol Udomkesmalee, Curtis W. Padgett, Michael P. Brenner, Ayanna M. Howard, Terry R. Wysocky, David I. Brown, Steven C. Suddarth

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Proceedings Volume 3365, Acquisition, Tracking, and Pointing XII; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.317509
Event: Aerospace/Defense Sensing and Controls, 1998, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

The VIGILANTE project is a planned vision system capable of tracking and recognizing targets in real time, on a small airborne platform. The project consists of two parts: (1) the viewing imager/gimballed instrumentation laboratory (VIGIL), which is an IR and visible sensor platform with appropriate optics and (2) the analog neural 3D processing experiment (ANTE), a massive parallel, neural based, high- speed processor. The VIGIL platform is mounted on a helicopter equipped with Global Position System (GPS), Inertia Measurement Unit (IMU), gimbal, radio-link and anti- vibration platform. Also, a jet powered, radio controlled VIGILANTE Target Vehicle (VTV) has been manufactured and equipped with GPS. In the first stages of the project, the VIGIL system is used to acquire image sequences of the VTV for training and testing of the ANTE image recognition processor. Based on GPS and IMU input, the gimbal is pointed toward the VTV and acquires images. This paper describes the VIGIL system in detail. It discusses position-based pointing, tracking algorithms and the alignment procedure. Test imagery and an evaluation of the system will be presented.

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Carl Christian Liebe, Kenneth A. Brown, Suraphol Udomkesmalee, Curtis W. Padgett, Michael P. Brenner, Ayanna M. Howard, Terry R. Wysocky, David I. Brown, and Steven C. Suddarth "VIGIL: a GPS-based target-tracking system", Proc. SPIE 3365, Acquisition, Tracking, and Pointing XII, (30 July 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.317509

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