Study of the temporal allocation of two passive infrared sensors in a multitarget environment

Author

De Vilmorin, M. ; Vanheeghe, P. ; Prenat, M. ; Duflos, Emmanuel

Author_Institution

LAIL-CNRS-UPRES, Ecole Centrale de Lille, Villeneuve d´´Ascq, France

Volume

2

fYear

2000

fDate

10-13 July 2000

Abstract

The topic of the paper is the optimization of the management of the lines of sight of two infrared sensors in a multitarget environment. Some general trends for the elaboration of optimal strategies have been underscored by the study of a strategy based on the fusion of these passive sensors. The main result which has been used is the completion principle, that is, the equivalence in Bearing Only Tracking (BOT) between the asymptotic behavior of the real maximum likelihood estimator and the one obtained by supposing a linear measurement model. This principle is a tool which allows one to easily evaluate the performance of the multisensor system in different situations.

Keywords

image sensors; infrared imaging; maximum likelihood estimation; resource allocation; sensor fusion; target tracking; temporal logic; Bearing Only Tracking; asymptotic behavior; completion principle; linear measurement model; lines of sight; multisensor system; multitarget environment; optimal strategies; passive infrared sensors; passive sensor fusion; real maximum likelihood estimator; temporal allocation; Acceleration; Aircraft; Artificial intelligence; Infrared sensors; Maximum likelihood detection; Maximum likelihood estimation; Multisensor systems; Parameter estimation; Target tracking; Virtual colonoscopy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Fusion, 2000. FUSION 2000. Proceedings of the Third International Conference on

Conference_Location

Paris, France

Print_ISBN

2-7257-0000-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IFIC.2000.859840

Filename

859840