INTELLIGENT HYPERSENSOR PROCESSING SYSTEM (IHPS)

摘要

The Intelligent Hypersensor Processing System (IHPS) is a system for the rapid detection of small, weak or hidden objects, substances or patterns embedded in complex backgrounds, providing fast adaptive processing for demixing and recognizing patterns or signatures in data provided by certain types of hypersensors. IHPS processes by forming a series of pattern vectors through the concatenation of the outputs of multiple sensors (10). Each sensor measures a different attribute of the system being observed, and has a consistant relationship to all other sensors. The data stream from the sensors is entered into a processing system which employs a parallel pipeline architecture. The data stream is simultaneously sent to two separate processor pipes. The first is the Demixer Module (20), which decomposes each pattern vector into a convex combination of a set of fundamental patterns. The signature pattern of a weak constituent or unresolved small target is separated from the background patterns which may hide the target. Information detailing the composition of the dimixed data patterns is sent to the Display/Output Module (40) along with information about the fundamental patterns and Filter Vectors.