Vehicle-borne IED detection using the ULTOR correlation processor

Joel D. Burcham; Joyce E. Vachon

doi:10.1117/12.666343

10 May 2006 Vehicle-borne IED detection using the ULTOR correlation processor

Joel D. Burcham, Joyce E. Vachon

Proceedings Volume 6201, Sensors, and Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) Technologies for Homeland Security and Homeland Defense V; 62010L (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.666343
Event: Defense and Security Symposium, 2006, Orlando (Kissimmee), Florida, United States

Abstract

Advanced Optical Systems, Inc. developed the ULTOR(r) system, a real-time correlation processor that looks for improvised explosive devices (IED) by examining imagery of vehicles. The system determines the level of threat an approaching vehicle may represent. The system works on incoming video collected at different wavelengths, including visible, infrared, and synthetic aperture radar. Sensors that attach to ULTOR can be located wherever necessary to improve the safety around a checkpoint. When a suspect vehicle is detected, ULTOR can track the vehicle, alert personnel, check for previous instances of the vehicle, and update other networked systems with the threat information. The ULTOR processing engine focuses on the spatial frequency information available in the image. It correlates the imagery with templates that specify the criteria defining a suspect vehicle. It can perform full field correlations at a rate of 180 Hz or better. Additionally, the spatial frequency information is applied to a trained neural network to identify suspect vehicles. We have performed various laboratory and field experiments to verify the performance of the ULTOR system in a counter IED environment. The experiments cover tracking specific targets in video clips to demonstrating real-time ULTOR system performance. The selected targets in the experiments include various automobiles in both visible and infrared video.

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Joel D. Burcham and Joyce E. Vachon "Vehicle-borne IED detection using the ULTOR correlation processor", Proc. SPIE 6201, Sensors, and Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) Technologies for Homeland Security and Homeland Defense V, 62010L (10 May 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.666343

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