Panoramically Scanned TV/FLIR Imaging Sensor with Target Motion Cueing

Current methodology for employing TV or FLIR imaging sensors to search and acquire potential target is work intensive and requires continuous manipulation of complex controls by a highly trained operator. Currently these systems are not optimized and result in a lowered probability of detection and high False Alarm Rates (FAR). Imaging Sensors and Systems, Inc., (ISS) will evaluate (1) Hardware for 360-degree panoramic Field-Of-View (FOV), (2) Intelligent Search Management for Multiple Sensors, and (3) Fusion of EO/IR/RF/Sonar subsystems in the proposed Phase I study. The innovations include Day/Night 360-degree panoramic FOV for targets acquisition, Automatic Target Recognition (ATR) in the large FOV, then a target detection using Foveal FOV, and finally a sensors fusion for the target motion cueing. Thus, the approach will provide automatic search, acquisition, tracking and motion cueing of small targets such as Jet-Skies in water background 360-degree around a ship. System components will be evaluated and analyzed, and then breadboarded in the Initial Phase I study. A panoramically scanned TV/FLIR imaging sensor concept for small cross-section targets will be demonstrated in the Option Phase I program. A brassboard sensor will be fabricated, integrated, and delivered to the customer for evaluations in a Phase II program.