Robust automatic target detection/recognition system for second generation FLIR imagery

Automatic target detection and recognition (ATD/R) is of crucial interest to the defense community. We present a robust ATD/R system developed at the CVRC at UT-Austin for recognition in second generation forward looking infrared (FLIR) images. An experiment conducted on 1930 FLIR images shows that this ATR system can achieve recognition with a high degree of accuracy and a low false alarm rate. This demo first presents a brief overview of the whole methodology, then shows the detailed procedures and temporary outputs step by step, by running this ATR system on typical low-contrast FLIR images. Results and examples are presented at the end of the demonstration.