Algorithm for automatic mine detection using a vehicle-mounted metal detector

Mark L. Yee; Amy A. Yee

doi:10.1117/12.445462

18 October 2001 Algorithm for automatic mine detection using a vehicle-mounted metal detector

Mark L. Yee, Amy A. Yee

Proceedings Volume 4394, Detection and Remediation Technologies for Mines and Minelike Targets VI; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.445462
Event: Aerospace/Defense Sensing, Simulation, and Controls, 2001, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

A new algorithm for automatic detection of mines using a vehicle-mounted metal detector is detailed and demonstrated in this paper. The sensor is the Vallon VMV 16 vehicle- mounted array on the Mine Hunter/Killer (MH/K) system; data were collected at a prepared test site. The resulting data have two notable characteristics. First, the sensor outputs a linear combination of the integrated time decay response over separate time windows, and not the time decay response itself. Second, the data are sampled in two dimensions, along the 16 coil array and along the direction of travel of the vehicle. Thus 2-dimensional spatial processing techniques are used, treating the sensor data as a 2-D array of pixels. Our algorithm also uses adaptive methods to enable detection of both high and low metal content mines. Mine detection results using this algorithm are presented and analyzed for the first time. In particular, the ability to detect mines with low metal content in the presence of noise will be quantified and discussed.

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Mark L. Yee and Amy A. Yee "Algorithm for automatic mine detection using a vehicle-mounted metal detector", Proc. SPIE 4394, Detection and Remediation Technologies for Mines and Minelike Targets VI, (18 October 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.445462

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