Four-dimensional ATR processing and visualization

Abstract

Contemporary automatic target recognition (ATR) technology programs require reasoning not only in space but also across time and sensor type. If contemporary scale-space techniques are also considered then up to a 5D processing regime is required. Algorithm development under such conditions will greatly benefit from advanced visualization tools. In this paper, examples of 4D processing for ATR will be given using a prototype tool developed in Java 1.2. Limitations of current tools and software for visualization of ATR applications will be addressed. Future tools to accelerate the algorithm development process will also be discussed.