Biometrics in the Maritime Domain

Biometrics in moving maritime environments presents some unique challenges. Even if the naval shipboard sensor is in a complex gimbaled mount for stabilization, the inherent motion of the smaller craft in which the subjects of interest are located means the system must deal with motion, potentially significant motion. The proposed work, will use FPGA-enhanced multi-mega-pixel imaging to address field of vision (FOV) issues in real-time acquisition, test Securics', patent pending RandomEyesT techniques to address inherent atmospheric issues, and develop/analyze intra-frame motion blur estimation and techniques to stabilize the imagery. The effort will collect and then test on maritime data consisting of non-cooperating subjects. The effort will test the approach on both Securics' unique Face BiotopeT algorithms and on a leading facial recognition algorithm use in the IDS-MD system. The work leverages our previous and ongoing effort in long range face-based biometrics.