Sensor and information fusion for improved hostile fire situational awareness

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7693, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Scanlon, Michael V ^a   Ludwig, William D ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic; Detection; Hostile; IR; Mortar; Sensor; Sniper; Threat

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; AD HOC NETWORKS; BINARY ALLOYS; ERROR DETECTION; GROUND VEHICLES; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFORMATION FUSION; IRIDIUM; MODAL ANALYSIS; MORTAR; OPTICAL RADAR; RADAR REFLECTION; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; ROCKETS; SENSORS; UNATTENDED SENSORS; UNDERPINNINGS; VANADIUM ALLOYS;

ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORIES; ARMY TECHNOLOGY OBJECTIVES; HOSTILE; IMAGE PROCESSING TECHNIQUE; MANNED GROUND VEHICLES; SITUATIONAL AWARENESS; SNIPER; THREAT;

SENSOR DATA FUSION;

EID: 77957905084     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.850406     Document Type: Conference Paper

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