Omnidirectional camera systems are used to supplement RADAR in tracking small craft close in to the ship in a maritime environment. They can simultaneously track multiple targets to provide a more complete situational awareness. Due to their wide field of view the targets may be only a few pixels each. The improvement in tracking small boats, after using real-time image enhancement techniques to mitigate the atmospheric blurring and loss of contrast, is evaluated for several common tracking techniques. A differential GPS and geo-alignment of the cameras is used to create a ground truth for objective comparison.
Reference:
De Villiers, J., Bachoo, A., Nicolls, F. & Le Roux, F. 2011. Quantitative analysis of the improvement in omnidirectional maritime surveillance and tracking due to real-time image enhancement. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5312 .
De Villiers, J., Bachoo, A., Nicolls, F., & Le Roux, F. (2011). Quantitative analysis of the improvement in omnidirectional maritime surveillance and tracking due to real-time image enhancement. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5312
De Villiers, JP, AK Bachoo, FC Nicolls, and FPJ Le Roux. "Quantitative analysis of the improvement in omnidirectional maritime surveillance and tracking due to real-time image enhancement." (2011): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5312
De Villiers J, Bachoo A, Nicolls F, Le Roux F, Quantitative analysis of the improvement in omnidirectional maritime surveillance and tracking due to real-time image enhancement; 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5312 .
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