MFR - IRST integration in the naval domain

Symons, Stephen J.; Philpott, Rich; Manson, Don C.; Everett, Mark E.

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“…A similar approach, where the CM is used to model the classification capability of the sensor, is also used in [8], but there the classification process is used to support the data association and to improve the tracking, especially in presence of association uncertainty in kinematic measurements. In the literature many applications are proposed where radar images are combined with images from different kind of sensors [7,[9][10][11] or where heterogeneous data sets coming from dissimilar imaging sensors are combined at an information fusion level [12]. In [13] we have described the classification algorithm based on the CM applied to visible and infrared images.…”

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Naval Target Classification by Fusion of Multiple Imaging Sensors Based on the Confusion Matrix

Giompapa

Farina

Gini

et al. 2009

International Journal of Navigation and Observation

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This paper presents an algorithm for the classification of targets based on the fusion of the class information provided by different imaging sensors. The outputs of the different sensors are combined to obtain an accurate estimate of the target class. The performance of each imaging sensor is modelled by means of its confusion matrix (CM), whose elements are the conditional error probabilities in the classification and the conditional correct classification probabilities. These probabilities are used by each sensor to make a decision on the target class. Then, a final decision on the class is made using a suitable fusion rule in order to combine the local decisions provided by the sensors. The overall performance of the classification process is evaluated by means of the "fused" confusion matrix, i.e. the CM pertinent to the final decision on the target class. Two fusion rules are considered: a majority voting (MV) rule and a maximum likelihood (ML) rule. A case study is then presented, where the developed algorithm is applied to three imaging sensors located on a generic air platform: a video camera, an infrared camera (IR), and a spotlight Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR).

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