Dynamic programming solution for detecting dim moving targets

Document ID: 19850044468 A (85A26619) File Series: Open Literature
Authors:: Barniv, Y. (Systems Control Technology, Inc.)
Journal Title: IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems Volume: AES-21 Page: 144-156
Published: Jan 01, 1985
Pages: 13

Abstract:: An on-board scanning or mosaic sensor is staring down from a satellite to a fixed ground point while producing a set of frames that contain target and background signals. Detecting dim moving targets should ideally be done by exhaustively searching over all possible trajectories in the imagery (matched filtering), as opposed to assembling trajectories from thresholded frames. The dynamic programming approach equivalently substitutes the above prohibitive exhaustive search by a feasible algorithm.
Major Subject Terms:: DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING MATCHED FILTERS MOVING TARGET INDICATORS REMOTE SENSORS SATELLITE IMAGERY TARGET RECOGNITION
Minor Subject Terms:: BACKGROUND NOISE MOSAICS SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIOS TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS
Notes:: IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems (ISSN 0018-9251), vol. AES-21, Jan. 1985, p. 144-156.