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A new passive 3-D automatic target recognition architecture for aerial platforms

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dc.creator Kechagias-Stamatis, Odysseas
dc.creator Aouf, Nabil
dc.date 2018-10-19T12:18:54Z
dc.date 2018-10-19T12:18:54Z
dc.date 2018-07
dc.date.accessioned 2022-05-25T16:39:05Z
dc.date.available 2022-05-25T16:39:05Z
dc.identifier Odysseas Kechagias-Stamatis and Nabil Aouf. A new passive 3-D automatic target recognition architecture for aerial platforms. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Volume 57, Issue 1, 2019, pp. 406-415
dc.identifier 0196-2892
dc.identifier https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2018.2855065
dc.identifier http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/13549
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/182405
dc.description The 3-D automatic target recognition (ATR) has many advantages over its 2-D counterpart, but there are several constraints in the context of small low-cost unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). These limitations include the requirement for active rather than passive monitoring, high equipment costs, sensor packaging size, and processing burden. We, therefore, propose a new structure from motion (SfM) 3-D ATR architecture that exploits the UAV's onboard sensors, i.e., the visual band camera, gyroscope, and accelerometer, and meets the requirements of a small UAV system. We tested the proposed 3-D SfM ATR using simulated UAV reconnaissance scenarios and found that the performance was better than classic 3-D light detection and ranging (LIDAR) ATR, combining the advantages of 3-D LIDAR ATR and passive 2-D ATR. The main advantages of the proposed architecture include the rapid processing, target pose invariance, small template size, passive scene sensing, and inexpensive equipment. We implemented the SfM module under two keypoint detection, description and matching schemes, with the 3-D ATR module exploiting several current techniques. By comparing SfM 3-D ATR, 3-D LIDAR ATR, and 2-D ATR, we confirmed the superior performance of our new architecture.
dc.language en
dc.publisher IEEE
dc.rights Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.subject 3-D automatic target recognition (ATR)
dc.subject passive target recognition
dc.subject structure from motion (SfM)
dc.subject unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)
dc.title A new passive 3-D automatic target recognition architecture for aerial platforms
dc.type Article


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