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Feature Detection of Man-Made Objects Using Fractal Dimension

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 32472
Amount: $99,000.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1996
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
9131 Mason Avenue
Chatsworth, CA 91311
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Ching-fang Lin
 (818) 407-0092
Business Contact
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Research Institution
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Abstract

This project is intended to purpose a fractal dimension based object detection approach for man-made objects in the ultra-wideband foliage-penetrating (FOPEN) synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery. Since man-made objects are significantly different from natural ones from the point of view of fractal dimension, fractal dimension estimates can be used to characterize images and distinguish man-made objects from natural ones efficiently. In this project, natural scene and man-made object modeling with fractal geometric techniques will be pursued with an in-depth investigation of various fractal dimension definitions and their applicability to background characterization and object detection. Wavelet transforms will be utilized as the computational tools. Fractal dimension estimation algorithms will be implemented and compared. An object detection software which implements the fractal-based object detection algorithms will also be developed. In Phase II, the validated algorithms will be implemented in the hardware environment and verified through the prototype system.

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