Title :
Classifying ships using low resolution maritime radar
Author :
Gibbins, D. ; Gray, D.A. ; Dempsey, D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Adelaide Univ., SA, Australia
Abstract :
The classification of shipping using commercially available low resolution incoherent radars has useful applications in both harbour surveillance and naval defence. However, one major drawback is the relatively low resolution of the radar images. We present a brief overview of a real-time classification system currently under development, and present results of applying various classification schemes to low resolution radar images, in conjunction with track data, to classify surface craft into broad categories
Keywords :
feature extraction; image classification; image resolution; marine radar; military radar; radar applications; radar imaging; radar resolution; radar tracking; ships; surveillance; feature extraction; harbour surveillance; low resolution incoherent radars; low resolution maritime radar; low resolution radar images; naval defence; radar images; real-time classification system; ships classification; surface craft; track data; Australia; Image resolution; Image segmentation; Marine vehicles; Radar antennas; Radar imaging; Radar scattering; Radar signal processing; Radar tracking; Signal resolution;
Conference_Titel :
Signal Processing and Its Applications, 1999. ISSPA '99. Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Brisbane, Qld.
Print_ISBN :
1-86435-451-8
DOI :
10.1109/ISSPA.1999.818178
