Task-specific sensor settings for electro-optical systems in a marine environment

Piet B. W. Schwering; Sebastiaan P. van den Broek; Rob A. W. Kemp; Henk A. Lensen

doi:10.1117/12.851140

5 May 2010 Task-specific sensor settings for electro-optical systems in a marine environment

Piet B. W. Schwering, Sebastiaan P. van den Broek, Rob A. W. Kemp, Henk A. Lensen

Proceedings Volume 7666, Sensors, and Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) Technologies for Homeland Security and Homeland Defense IX; 76662I (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.851140
Event: SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 2010, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

Present-day naval operations take place in coastal environments as well as narrow straits all over the world. Coastal environments around the world are exhibiting a number of threats to naval forces. In particular, a large number of asymmetric threats can be present in environments with cluttered backgrounds as well as rapidly varying atmospheric conditions. The automatic detection of small targets by electro-optical systems may be hampered by small surface structure variations at the surface and near the horizon. In current electro-optical sensor systems processing of imagery is seldom task-specific. Using task-specific settings of sensors, processing and fusion, can improve the performance of electro-optical systems dramatically. This paper discusses the effect of dynamic sensor settings as function of specific tasks and environmental parameters and how these can play a role in the management of sensors in a naval application. In addition, a series of experiments with different targets are presented to demonstrate the benefit of sensor management. Some sensor management approaches for application in infrared systems are discussed.

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Piet B. W. Schwering, Sebastiaan P. van den Broek, Rob A. W. Kemp, and Henk A. Lensen "Task-specific sensor settings for electro-optical systems in a marine environment", Proc. SPIE 7666, Sensors, and Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) Technologies for Homeland Security and Homeland Defense IX, 76662I (5 May 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.851140

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