Partially decentralized architecture for fusing active (radar) and passive (infrared) measurement data

David van Huyssteen; Mohamad Farooq

doi:10.1117/12.341342

12 March 1999 Partially decentralized architecture for fusing active (radar) and passive (infrared) measurement data

David van Huyssteen, Mohamad Farooq

Proceedings Volume 3719, Sensor Fusion: Architectures, Algorithms, and Applications III; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.341342
Event: AeroSense '99, 1999, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

A common approach to fusing measurements of differing dimensions is to employ a sequential Kalman filter. The sequential filter is particularly appropriate in the case of asynchronous measurement; however, it is likely to diverge should any one of the sensors degrade. As an alternative, this paper present a partially decentralized or augmented track architecture characterized by multiple local tracks. In order to fuse the information provuded by a pulse Doppler radar (range and angle) with that of an infrared imager (angle only), the latter 'incomplete' measurement is augmented by assigning it to a pseudo-range term prior to track-level fusion. This configuration offers a potential advantage in terms of robustness, in that the local radar track cannot be contaminated if the imager's measurements degrade. A simulation of the proposed architecture is included, and the results are compared to those achieved with a sequential filter for the same scenarios. A variety of data rates are used. In the general case, the partially decentralized filter requires additional time alignment logic to prepare the separate radar and imager tracks for the fusion process. The ultimate goal of this investigation is to determine if the partially decentralized filter is a suitable alternative to the sequential filter, and to investigate a possible application to the Canadian Forces' Light Armored Vehicle Reconnaissance Variant.

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David van Huyssteen and Mohamad Farooq "Partially decentralized architecture for fusing active (radar) and passive (infrared) measurement data", Proc. SPIE 3719, Sensor Fusion: Architectures, Algorithms, and Applications III, (12 March 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.341342

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