Stereo Multispectral Image Analyst Assistance

To address the Navy need for visualization techniques to assist image analysts in screening and exploring multispectral and hyperspectral imaging data acquired from airborne platforms, Physical Optics Corporation (POC) proposes to develop new Stereo Multispectral Image Analyst Assistance (SMIAA). This proposed system for man-in-the-loop interactive visual analysis of multispectral and hyperspectral aerial imagery is based on parallel analysis of spatially overlapped (stereo pairs) multispectral images in geographical space and feature space. The SMIAA will, for the first time, offer an image analyst a new, convenient interactive tool for target selection and classification as well as feature extraction through a stereo-multispectral representation of objects of interest. In Phase I POC will demonstrate the feasibility of SMIAA by detecting a target in simulated multi/hyperspectral imaging data with a prototype unit and will compare the results with spectrally matched filtering. In Phase II a fully developed SMIAA software plug-in utility will be completed and tested on real objects, with emphasis on task-oriented applications. POC will also explore opportunities for SMIAA implementation on a POC 3D display.