Ocean and lake floor survey is most efficiently conducted by active sonar owing to its favorable propagation range under water relative to other sensing modalities. Range however must be traded for resolution, yielding sonar return imagery that challenges both operator and machine to match returns to specific objects. In the case of certain objects, time-range extent in echo imagery may be exploited by machine learning detection and classification methods. This talk describes the success of such a method when applied to data collected from a low cost autonomous platform. Further capabilities such as decision support and detection geolocation are discussed. [This material is based upon work supported under Air Force Contract No. FA8721-05-C-0002 and/or FA8702-15-D-0001. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Air Force. Presentation may contain distribution limited material.]
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May 01 2017
Automatic target recognition and geo-location for side scan sonar imagery Free
Daniel Scarafoni;
Daniel Scarafoni
Massachusetts Inst. of Technol. Lincoln Lab., 244 Wood St., Lexington, MA 02420, [email protected]
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Alexander Bockman;
Alexander Bockman
Massachusetts Inst. of Technol. Lincoln Lab., 244 Wood St., Lexington, MA 02420, [email protected]
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Michael Chan
Michael Chan
Massachusetts Inst. of Technol. Lincoln Lab., 244 Wood St., Lexington, MA 02420, [email protected]
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Daniel Scarafoni
Alexander Bockman
Michael Chan
Massachusetts Inst. of Technol. Lincoln Lab., 244 Wood St., Lexington, MA 02420, [email protected]
J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 141, 3925 (2017)
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Daniel Scarafoni, Alexander Bockman, Michael Chan; Automatic target recognition and geo-location for side scan sonar imagery. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 1 May 2017; 141 (5_Supplement): 3925. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4988877
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