DEVELOPMENT OF AN "INTELLIGENT" REMOTE IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM

THE FEASIBILITY OF CONSTRUCTING A DEVICE WHICH CAN IDENTIFY THE SHAPE OF REMOTE OBJECTS WILL BE INVESTIGATED. CURRENT RADAR AND SONAR SYSTEMS CAN PROVIDE ONLY LIMITED INFORMATION ABOUT THE TARGET THEY HAVE DETECTED. THE THEORY HAS BEEN WORKED OUT FOR AN APPARATUS WHICH CAN IDENTIFY TARGETS THROUGH COMPUTER ANALYSIS OF THE REFLECTED RETURN. THE DEVICE WOULD WORK WITH MICROWAVES OR SOUND WAVES. THIS STUDY WILL COMPUTER MODEL SYSTEMS TO INDICATE THE FEASIBILITY OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT THEORY, TO DETERMINE WHAT CONSTRAINTS WILL IMPINGE ON DESIGN, AND TO FIND THE EXTENT TO WHICH TARGET IDENTIFICATION CAN BE DELEGATED TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WITHIN THE SYSTEM.