A Two-Dimensional Near-Infrared Tracking System

Phillip C. Lipoma; Donald P. Walton

doi:10.1117/12.950790

11 December 1985 A Two-Dimensional Near-Infrared Tracking System

Phillip C. Lipoma, Donald P. Walton

Proceedings Volume 0579, Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision IV; (1985) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.950790
Event: 1985 Cambridge Symposium, 1985, Cambridge, United States

Abstract

A solution is presented to one of the problems hampering the development of video track-ing systems - that of discriminating a target in space when the Earth is in the background. The visual tracking system that is described uses the near infrared (IR) to take advantage of differences in spectral reflectance between the target and Earth in the background to enhance amplitude differences, simplifying the detection process. The real-time visual tracking system operates under microprocessor control and is light weight, adaptive, and low power. This paper describes the sensing hardware, tracking hardware, and system operation.

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Phillip C. Lipoma and Donald P. Walton "A Two-Dimensional Near-Infrared Tracking System", Proc. SPIE 0579, Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision IV, (11 December 1985); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.950790

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