title: Ground target recognition using rectangle estimation.
abstract: We propose a ground target recognition method based on 3-D laser radar data. The method handles general 3-D scattered data. It is based on the fact that man-made objects of complex shape can be decomposed to a set of rectangles. The ground target recognition method consists of four steps; 3-D size and orientation estimation, target segmentation into parts of approximately rectangular shape, identification of segments that represent the target's functional/main parts, and target matching with CAD models. The core in this approach is rectangle estimation. The performance of the rectangle estimation method is evaluated statistically using Monte Carlo simulations. A case study on tank recognition is shown, where 3-D data from four fundamentally different types of laser radar systems are used. Although the approach is tested on rather few examples, we believe that the approach is promising.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laser Systems, Swedish Defence Research Agency, Linköping, Sweden. christina.gronwall@foi.se
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Grönwall
authors.forename: Fredrik
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gustafsson
authors.forename: Mille
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Millnert
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods; D007834:Lasers; D010363:Pattern Recognition, Automated / Q000379:methods*; D011825:Radar; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity