Air-borne Approaching Target Detection and Tracking in Infrared Image Sequence (MP-P6)

Author(s) : Mukesh Zaveri (Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay, India) Shabbir Merchant (Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay, India) Uday Desai (Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay, India)

Abstract : Detection and tracking of approaching targets in an infrared (IR) image sequence is important for surveillance applications. In this paper an algorithm is proposed which provides a complete solution (track while scan) for detection and tracking for IRST system. The proposed method uses only motion as a cue to detect the target. Detection is followed by tracking. In a real scenario, the movement of a target is arbitrary and no apriori information is available. We propose a tracking method which tracks maneuvering and non-maneuvering targets simultaneously using a filter bank. The switch-over amongst the filters is based on a single-step decision logic.

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