Integration of forward-looking infrared (FLIR) and traffic information for moving obstacle detection with integrity

Zhen Zhu; Sudha Vana; Sumit Bhattacharya; Maarten Uijt de Haag

doi:10.1117/12.821856

6 May 2009 Integration of forward-looking infrared (FLIR) and traffic information for moving obstacle detection with integrity

Zhen Zhu, Sudha Vana, Sumit Bhattacharya, Maarten Uijt de Haag

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Proceedings Volume 7328, Enhanced and Synthetic Vision 2009; 73280H (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.821856
Event: SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 2009, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

This paper discusses the integration of Forward-looking Infrared (FLIR) and traffic information from, for example, the Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast (ADS-B) or the Traffic Information Service-Broadcast (TIS-B). The goal of this integration method is to obtain an improved state estimate of a moving obstacle within the Field-of-View of the FLIR with added integrity. The focus of the paper will be on the approach phase of the flight. The paper will address methods to extract moving objects from the FLIR imagery and geo-reference these objects using outputs of both the onboard Global Positioning System (GPS) and the Inertial Navigation System (INS). The proposed extraction method uses a priori airport information and terrain databases. Furthermore, state information from the traffic information sources will be extracted and integrated with the state estimates from the FLIR. Finally, a method will be addressed that performs a consistency check between both sources of traffic information. The methods discussed in this paper will be evaluated using flight test data collected with a Gulfstream V in Reno, NV (GVSITE) and simulated ADS-B.

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Zhen Zhu, Sudha Vana, Sumit Bhattacharya, and Maarten Uijt de Haag "Integration of forward-looking infrared (FLIR) and traffic information for moving obstacle detection with integrity", Proc. SPIE 7328, Enhanced and Synthetic Vision 2009, 73280H (6 May 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.821856

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