Sensors for military special operations and law enforcement applications

David D. Ferris Jr.; Robert W. McMillan; Nicholas C. Currie; Michael C. Wicks; Mohamed-Adel Slamani

doi:10.1117/12.276674

20 June 1997 Sensors for military special operations and law enforcement applications

David D. Ferris Jr., Robert W. McMillan, Nicholas C. Currie, Michael C. Wicks, Mohamed-Adel Slamani

Proceedings Volume 3062, Targets and Backgrounds: Characterization and Representation III; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.276674
Event: AeroSense '97, 1997, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

Improvement in the capabilities of infrared, millimeter- wave, acoustic, and x-ray, sensors has provided means to detect weapons concealed beneath clothing and to provide wide-area surveillance capability in darkness and poor light for military special operations and law enforcement application. In this paper we provide an update on this technology, which we have discussed in previous papers on this subject. We present new data showing simultaneously obtained infrared and millimeter-wave images which are especially relevant because a fusion of these two sensors has been proposed as the best solution to the problem of concealed weapon detection. We conclude that the use of these various sensors has the potential for solving this problem and that progress is being made toward this goal.

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David D. Ferris Jr., Robert W. McMillan, Nicholas C. Currie, Michael C. Wicks, and Mohamed-Adel Slamani "Sensors for military special operations and law enforcement applications", Proc. SPIE 3062, Targets and Backgrounds: Characterization and Representation III, (20 June 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.276674

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