Real Time Enhanced Fine Tracking in Directed Energy Applications

Current tracking capabilities in DE utilize 2D imagery. Low flying targets against cluttered backgrounds (e.g., drones) present a challenging tracking environment for track algorithms that leverage 2D information alone. A current tracking algorithm might use something like a Fitts correlation tracker [2], which correlates features in the scene with a known template of the target. This requires target identification followed by reference to a look-up table to determine the proper template to use ...