THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIDEO IMAGE PROCESSING

AN INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUE HAS BEEN DEVELOPED TO DIGITIZE AND ANALYZE THE VIDEO DATA TAKEN BY MULTI-STATION, REAL-TIME TRACKING SYSTEM. IN PHASE I WE SHALL UNDERTAKE TO CARRY OUT A PROOF-OF-CONCEPT STUDY TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF USING PATTERN RECOGNITION TECHNIQUES TO ANALYZE AND EXTRACT THE TARGET INFORMATION. AS A RESULT WE PROPOSE TO DEVELOP AND TEST A COMPREHENSIVE AUTOMATED POST-FLIGHT ANALYSIS SYSTEM WHICH, BY COMBINING A PRIORI INFORMATION, COMPUTER GRAPHICS METHODS, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING TECHNIQUES IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ENHANCED THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE, SIX-DIMENSIONAL DATA (POSITION AND ATTITUDE), AS WELL AS ACCURATE RECONSTRUCTION OF A SIX-DIMENSIONAL TARGET TRAJECTORY (POSITION AND ATTITUDE AS A FUNCTION OF TIME).