System and method for bullet tracking and shooter localization

Details System and method for bullet tracking and shooter localization System and method for bullet tracking and shooter localization

2011-06-21

2011-06-21

Ahmed, Samir A (Department: 2624)

Image analysis

Applications

Target tracking or detecting

C382S260000, C382S261000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07965868

ABSTRACT:
A system and method of processing infrared imagery to determine projectile trajectories and the locations of shooters with a high degree of accuracy. The method includes image processing infrared image data to reduce noise and identify streak-shaped image features, using a Kalman filter to estimate optimal projectile trajectories, updating the Kalman filter with new image data, determining projectile source locations by solving a combinatorial least-squares solution for all optimal projectile trajectories, and displaying all of the projectile source locations. Such a shooter-localization system is of great interest for military and law enforcement applications to determine sniper locations, especially in urban combat scenarios.

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