V-NIIRS fusion modeling for EO/IR systems

Abstract

The Video National Imagery Interpretability Rating Scale (V-NIIRS) is an emerging standard of the Motion Imagery Standards Board (MISB). V-NIIRS extends NIIRS to from image-based scene characterization to streaming video for image quality assessment of object recognition. To apply V-NIIRS for image fusion, there is a need to understand the operating conditions of the sensor type, environmental phenomenon, and target behavior (SET). In this paper, we explore V-NIIRS as related to resolution, ground sampling distance, and probability of detection, recognition, and identification success. In a modeling analysis, we determine the issues and capabilities of using V-NIIRS video quality ratings to determine task success. Scenarios are provided that allow one to determine the V-NIIRS requirement for a given operational parameter.