title: A real-time optical tracking and measurement processing system for flying targets.
abstract: Optical tracking and measurement for flying targets is unlike the close range photography under a controllable observation environment, which brings extreme conditions like diverse target changes as a result of high maneuver ability and long cruising range. This paper first designed and realized a distributed image interpretation and measurement processing system to achieve resource centralized management, multisite simultaneous interpretation and adaptive estimation algorithm selection; then proposed a real-time interpretation method which contains automatic foreground detection, online target tracking, multiple features location, and human guidance. An experiment is carried out at performance and efficiency evaluation of the method by semisynthetic video. The system can be used in the field of aerospace tests like target analysis including dynamic parameter, transient states, and optical physics characteristics, with security control.
authors.affiliation: College of Aerospace Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China ; Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Image Measurement and Vision Navigation, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China.
authors.forename: Pengyu
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: College of Aerospace Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China ; Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Image Measurement and Vision Navigation, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China.
authors.forename: Shaowen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.affiliation: College of Aerospace Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China ; Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Image Measurement and Vision Navigation, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China.
authors.forename: Hongliang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: College of Aerospace Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China ; Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Image Measurement and Vision Navigation, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China.
authors.forename: Xiaohu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000401:Aircraft; D000465:Algorithms; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D061848:Optical Imaging / Q000379:methods*