MIDAS, the Mobile Intrusion Detection and Assessment System

Conference · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1990

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/CCST.1990.111386· OSTI ID:6899473

Arlowe, H D; Coleman, D E; Williams, J D

MIDAS is a semiautomated passive detection and assessment security system that can be quickly deployed to provide wide-area coverage for a mobile military asset. Designed to be mounted on top of an unguyed telescoping mast, its specially packaged set of 32 infrared sensors spin 360 degrees every two seconds. The unit produces a low resolution infrared image by sampling each sensor more than 16,000 times in a single 360-degree rotation. Drawing from image processing techniques, MIDAS detects vehicular and pedestrian intruders and produces an alarm when an intrusion is detected. Multiple intruders are tracked. MIDAS automatically directs either an assessment camera or a FLIR to one of the tracks. The alerted operator assesses the intruder and initiates a response. Once the operator assesses an intruder, the system continues to track it without generating new alarms. Because the system will track multiple targets and because the assessment system is a separate pan and tilt unit, the detection and tracking system cannot be blind-sided while the operator is assessing a diversionary intrusion. 4 figs.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/DP
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 6899473
• Report Number(s): SAND-89-3016C; CONF-9006191-1; ON: DE90012179
• Resource Relation: Conference: 6. ADPA annual meeting, Williamsburg, VA (USA), 12-13 Jun 1990
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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