Features for high resolution radar range profile based ship classification

Author

Slomka, S. ; Gibbins, D. ; Gray, D. ; Haywood, B.

Author_Institution

CSSIP, Australia

Volume

1

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

329

Abstract

This study investigates a variety of features in the context of automated ship classification of high resolution radar range profile. The features used are length, scatterer count, centres of mass, quantised range profile and Fourier modified direct Mellin transform coefficients. The results of evaluation using a modest database of high resolution range profiles, collected using an airborne radar, are then presented

Keywords

Fourier transforms; airborne radar; electromagnetic wave scattering; feature extraction; image classification; image resolution; quantisation (signal); radar imaging; radar resolution; ships; Fourier modified direct Mellin transform coefficients; airborne radar; automated ship classification; centres of mass; database; feature extraction; high resolution radar range profile; length; quantised range profile; scatterer count; ship classification; Airborne radar; Australia; Cranes; Feature extraction; Marine vehicles; Radar signal processing; Robustness; Shape; Signal resolution; Working environment noise;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISSPA.1999.818179

Filename

818179