DocumentCode
1131502
Title
NCTR Plus Sensor Fusion Equals IFFN or can Two Plus Two Equal Five?
Author
Nahin, Paul J. ; Pokoski, John L.
Author_Institution
University of New Hampshire
Issue
3
fYear
1980
fDate
5/1/1980 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
320
Lastpage
337
Abstract
Fowler\´s Seventh Law for military systems [1] states: "Be wary of proposals for synergistic systems. Most of the time when you try to make 2 + 2 = 5, you end up with 3-and sometimes 1.9." We attempt to approach the broad issues of IFFN (identification, friend, foe, neutral) of military targets via the techniques of NCTR (noncooperative target recognition), coupled with the systems approach called "sensor fusion." Although the overall style of the paper is that of a tutorial, many of the results presented are original. In all cases where we make political obsrvations, they represent our personal opinions.
Keywords
Acceleration; Eyes; Force sensors; Humans; Infrared image sensors; Optical sensors; Proposals; Sensor fusion; Target recognition; Weapons;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9251
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TAES.1980.308902
Filename
4102326
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