DETECTING HUMAN PRESENCE USING SYNCHRONIZED OMNIDIRECTIONAL VIDEO AND THERMAN IMAGING

DOE IS ACTIVELY PURSUING INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES FOR DETECTING HUMAN PRESENCE IN ENCLOSED AREAS. THIS IS NECESSARY FOR SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES AS PERSONNEL SAFETY IN VAULTS CONTAINING SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIALS, INTRUSION DETECTION IN SENSITIVE FACILITIES, AND EVEN AUTOMATING VAHICLE INSPECTION. THE KEY OBJECTIVE IS TO ELIMINATE FALSE ALARMS WHILE PROVIDING POSITIVE DETERMINATION WHEN A HUMAN IS PRESENT. THE PROPOSED EFFORT ELIMINATES FALSE ALARMS BY COMBINING MULTIPLE SENSORS, VIDEO, AND THERMAL SIGNATURE USING A PATENTED IMAGING TECHNOLOGY CALLED OMNIVIEW, COUPLED WITH CUSTOM IMAGING ANALYSIS, TO MAKE A POSITIVE DETERMINATION. THE OMNIVIEW PROVIDES VIDEO IMAGES WITH PAN, TILT, MAGNIFY, AND ROTATION (P/T/M/R) PERFORMED ELECTRONICALLY, WITH NO MOVING PARTS. IT ALLOWS VIEWING OF LARGE FIELDS-OF-VICE UP TO 180 DEGREES BY CORRECTING ANY LENS DISTORTION, AND PROVIDES MULTIPLE IMAGES FROM A SINGLE CAMERA, EACH WITH DEPENDENT P/T/M/R. INTEGRATING A VISIBLE SPECTRUM VIDEO SIGNAL WITH A THERMAL VIDEO SIGNAL WILL PROVIDE AN EXTREMELY POSITIVE DETERMINATION, SINCE MULTIPLE PARAMETERS AND DECISION CRITERIA ARE AVAILABLE. THE CONCEPT WILL RESULT IN A WIRELESS, BATTERY POWERED UNIT MAKING IT COVERT, PORTABLE AND EASY TO RETROFIT INTO EXISTING FACILITIES. IN THE PHASE I EFFORT, THE FEASIBILITY OF THE HUMAN DETECTION SYSTEM WILL BE VERIFIED AND PROOF-OF-PRINCIPLE DEMONSTRATED, INCLUDING DUAL-IMAGE TRANSMISSION AND VERIFICATION OF THE PERFORMANCE OF THE BASIC SUBSYSTEMS.