Moving Target Detection Feature Example – Potential Targets in Coloured, Numbered Boxes for Operator Selection
SightLine Applications LLC has announced a new product, the SLA-2000, which adds multi-channel capability to their product line of real-time, on-board video stabilization, object tracking, and image enhancement systems for Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) applications.
The multi-channel aspect enables new features, such as Electro-Optical (EO) and Infrared (IR) Image Fusion and Panoramic Stitching. Other features of this product include Moving Target Detection, High Definition (HD) video processing, and MPEG2-TS (H.264 + KLV metadata) capability. Video input and output is available via an NTSC format or through digital interfacing. Ethernet video output enables easy interfacing to IP radios and more.
The SLA family of products are DSP-based, embedded video stabilization, object tracking, and image enhancement systems well-suited for airborne and ground video applications which demand high performance in a small, light, low-power package. The system reduces operator workload and increases situational awareness in ISR applications. It is an essential tool in the determination of hostile intent. SLA digital stabilization technology dramatically improves video quality with robust frame to frame registration and optional video de-interlacing. Hands-free, low-latency tracking feedback accurately drives cameras to follow fast-moving vehicles, including at high zoom.
High-value targets such as vehicles or people can be tracked for minutes at a time, even when the target is temporarily obscured – for example when a vehicle travels under an overpass or behind trees – or when video saturation occurs. Image enhancement helps discern imagery by bringing out difficult-to-see details in the source video, while simultaneously suppressing video noise. Video enhancement applications include imaging in low-light, resolving objects hidden by fog or shadows, and de-noising of EO and IR video.