Automatic recognition of ship types from infrared images using superstructure moment invariants

Heng Li; Xinyu Wang

doi:10.1117/12.749990

15 November 2007 Automatic recognition of ship types from infrared images using superstructure moment invariants

Heng Li, Xinyu Wang

Proceedings Volume 6786, MIPPR 2007: Automatic Target Recognition and Image Analysis; and Multispectral Image Acquisition; 67863C (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.749990
Event: International Symposium on Multispectral Image Processing and Pattern Recognition, 2007, Wuhan, China

Abstract

Automatic object recognition is an active area of interest for military and commercial applications. In this paper, a system addressing autonomous recognition of ship types in infrared images is proposed. Firstly, an approach of segmentation based on detection of salient features of the target with subsequent shadow removing is proposed, as is the base of the subsequent object recognition. Considering the differences between the shapes of various ships mainly lie in their superstructures, we then use superstructure moment functions invariant to translation, rotation and scale differences in input patterns and develop a robust algorithm of obtaining ship superstructure. Subsequently a back-propagation neural network is used as a classifier in the recognition stage and projection images of simulated three-dimensional ship models are used as the training sets. Our recognition model was implemented and experimentally validated using both simulated three-dimensional ship model images and real images derived from video of an AN/AAS-44V Forward Looking Infrared(FLIR) sensor.

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Heng Li and Xinyu Wang "Automatic recognition of ship types from infrared images using superstructure moment invariants", Proc. SPIE 6786, MIPPR 2007: Automatic Target Recognition and Image Analysis; and Multispectral Image Acquisition, 67863C (15 November 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.749990

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