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Multisensor, remotely-operated force protection mine detection

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Schultz, GM; Zachery, KN; Collins, LM
Published in: Proceedings of the Symposium on the Application of Geophyics to Engineering and Environmental Problems, SAGEEP
January 1, 2005

Despite improvements in both military and civilian mine detection equipment, humanitarian demining remains a slow, hazardous, and labor-intensive task. The Force Protection Demining System (FPDS) seeks to provide an efficient and reliable, teleoperated, mine detection platform to eradicate explosive ordnance and allow reoccupation of mined areas by local inhabitants. The FPDS is equipped with electromagnetic induction (EMI) and ground penetrating synthetic aperture radar (GPSAR) sensor arrays integrated onto a remote-controlled, rubber-tracked vehicle. The multi-sensor detection system fuses source sensor data and/or extracted sensor information to provide an increased level of mine detection while minimizing false alarms. Extensive preliminary testing at test facilities yields results that define system integration issues and constrain detection performance for each sensor array. An important focus of our testing is the characterization of signal-, image-, and physics-based features used in discriminating targets from clutter. Acquisition of independent and dual-mode data collected over simulants, landmines, and UXO facilitates the development of a preliminary library of system target responses from which optimal features are determined. The developed detection software system also exploits spatial registration and multi-sensor data fusion algorithms to provide real-time automatic target recognition information to the user.

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Proceedings of the Symposium on the Application of Geophyics to Engineering and Environmental Problems, SAGEEP

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1554-8015

ISBN

9781622760664

Publication Date

January 1, 2005

Volume

2

Start / End Page

1222 / 1235
 

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Schultz, G. M., Zachery, K. N., & Collins, L. M. (2005). Multisensor, remotely-operated force protection mine detection. In Proceedings of the Symposium on the Application of Geophyics to Engineering and Environmental Problems, SAGEEP (Vol. 2, pp. 1222–1235). https://doi.org/10.4133/1.2923440
Schultz, G. M., K. N. Zachery, and L. M. Collins. “Multisensor, remotely-operated force protection mine detection.” In Proceedings of the Symposium on the Application of Geophyics to Engineering and Environmental Problems, SAGEEP, 2:1222–35, 2005. https://doi.org/10.4133/1.2923440.
Schultz GM, Zachery KN, Collins LM. Multisensor, remotely-operated force protection mine detection. In: Proceedings of the Symposium on the Application of Geophyics to Engineering and Environmental Problems, SAGEEP. 2005. p. 1222–35.
Schultz, G. M., et al. “Multisensor, remotely-operated force protection mine detection.” Proceedings of the Symposium on the Application of Geophyics to Engineering and Environmental Problems, SAGEEP, vol. 2, 2005, pp. 1222–35. Scopus, doi:10.4133/1.2923440.
Schultz GM, Zachery KN, Collins LM. Multisensor, remotely-operated force protection mine detection. Proceedings of the Symposium on the Application of Geophyics to Engineering and Environmental Problems, SAGEEP. 2005. p. 1222–1235.

Published In

Proceedings of the Symposium on the Application of Geophyics to Engineering and Environmental Problems, SAGEEP

DOI

ISSN

1554-8015

ISBN

9781622760664

Publication Date

January 1, 2005

Volume

2

Start / End Page

1222 / 1235