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One & Two-Color Infrared Targeting. Joseph P. Havlicek. School of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Oklahoma. Modulation Domain Signal Processing. Why Track in the Modulation Domain?.
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One & Two-Color Infrared Targeting Joseph P. Havlicek School of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Oklahoma
Why Track in the Modulation Domain? Targets that appear invisible to a machine in the image can become easy for the machine to see in the modulation domain.
Dual Domain Tracking Example Pixel Domain Fixed Template Pixel Domain Updated Template Dropped Frames: 131 RMS error (pixels): 32.8 % Frames Tracked: 34.5 Dropped Frames: 141 RMS error (pixels): 32.9 % Frames Tracked: 2.7 The Modulation Domain Correlation Function Dual Domain Dropped Frames: 6 RMS error (pixels): 2.7 % Frames Tracked: 97.0
Tracking Human Gait Pixel Domain Fixed Template Pixel Domain Updated Template The Modulation Domain Correlation Function Dual Domain
Two-Color IR Imaging Advantages • Enhanced target identification and clutter rejection: • Thermal signatures of targets, clutter, and backgrounds are typically a strong function of wavelength. • Even if the target and clutter signatures are almost identical in each spectral band (color) individually, they will generally exhibit different correlation between bands. • Improved battlefield situational awareness: • IR atmospheric transmission is also a strong function of wavelength. • Exhaust plumes and ordnance flashes are generally more prominent in the 3 – 5 m band, whereas transmission through fog and smoke is generally better in the 8 – 12 m band. • MWIR/LWIR data fusion can produce imagery having the best characteristics of both bands.