Ladar data generation fused with virtual targets and visualization for small drone detection system

Byeong Hak Kim; Danish Khan; Ciril Bohak; Jin Kyum Kim; Wonju Choi; Hyun Jeong Lee; Min Young Kim

doi:10.1117/12.2500525

9 October 2018 Ladar data generation fused with virtual targets and visualization for small drone detection system

Byeong Hak Kim, Danish Khan, Ciril Bohak, Jin Kyum Kim, Wonju Choi, Hyun Jeong Lee, Min Young Kim

Proceedings Volume 10797, Technologies for Optical Countermeasures XV; 107970I (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2500525
Event: SPIE Security + Defence, 2018, Berlin, Germany

Abstract

For detection of a small target using electro-optical systems, multi-band 2D image sensors are used such as visible, NIR, MWIR, and LWIR. However, 2D imaging systems are not capable to detect a very small target and they are also not capable of calculating target 3D position coordinates to develop the strategic counter method. 3D sensors (e.g. Lidar, RGBD and stereo camera) are utilized to control unmanned vehicles for detecting threats and response for specific situations. Conventional Lidar systems are unable to detect small drone threat at distances higher than their maximum detecting range of 100 ∼ 120 meters. To overcome this limitation, laser radar (LADAR) systems are being developed, which allow the detection at distances up to 2 kilometers. In the development of LADAR, it is difficult to acquire datasets that contain cases of long distant targets. In this study, a fusion data generation with virtual targets technique based on minimum real LADAR initial map dataset is proposed, and precise small target detection method using voxel-based clustering and classification are studied. We present the process of data fusion generation and the experimental results for a small target detection. The presented approach also includes effective visualization of high-resolution 3D data and the results of small target detection in real time. This study is expected to contribute to the optimization of a drone threat detection system for various environments and characteristics.

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Byeong Hak Kim, Danish Khan, Ciril Bohak, Jin Kyum Kim, Wonju Choi, Hyun Jeong Lee, and Min Young Kim "Ladar data generation fused with virtual targets and visualization for small drone detection system", Proc. SPIE 10797, Technologies for Optical Countermeasures XV, 107970I (9 October 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2500525

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