Title :
Coarse-to-fine: A layered sensing approach to situational awareness
Author :
Watson, Edward A.
Author_Institution :
Air Force Res. Lab./Sensors Directorate, Wright Patterson AFB, OH, USA
Abstract :
Military operations in the future will involve a variety of nation-state and non-nation-state adversaries. The ability to operate in complex domains will require sophisticated information gathering and exploitation tools. The Air Force Research Laboratory is working on such technologies. This paper highlights a subset of those technologies that operate in the electro-optical domain. The approach to sensor implementation and the types of sensors being developed will be overviewed, and potential new sensing technologies will be identified.
Keywords :
optical sensors; layered sensing; situational awareness; Acoustic sensors; Force sensors; High-resolution imaging; Image sampling; Image sensors; Laboratories; Magnetic sensors; Optical sensors; Sampling methods; Sensor phenomena and characterization; 280.4788 Optical Sensing and Sensors;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
