Real time gun profiler for high speed objects

Abstract

We address the issue of tracking speedy objects such as aircrafts in a situation where the target object and the camera tracking this target, are both in motion. Such a case would be when an aircraft is being detected and tracked through a video stream obtained from a camera mounted on an anti-aircraft machine. The target is tracked with respect to the gunner aiming at the target from his machine. The path information of both, the target movement and the gunner’s aim is compared to provide a complete tracking profile of the gunner. Other motion parameters are analyzed to give hit or miss status of the target when the gunner fires at the aircraft. The horizontal, vertical and radial deviation of the target from the aim is used to assess the aiming stability of the gunner. The proposed system is used to train personnel for real time aircraft shooting without wasting ammo. It will help in evaluating the aiming capabilities of a gunner.