Sensor alignment and compensation for composite tracking

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4728, Issue , 2002, Pages 354-367

  Watson, Gregory A ^a   Rice, Theodore R ^b  

^a Adv Syst and Technology Operation ^*  (United States)

^b Lockheed Martin Company   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias Compensation; Composite Tracking; Sensor Alignment; Sensor Bias; Tracklets

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; PERFORMANCE; TRACKING (POSITION); VECTORS;

COMPOSITE TRACKING;

SENSORS;

EID: 0036458795     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.478517     Document Type: Conference Paper

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