MIDAS, the Mobile Intrusion Detection and Assessment System

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

doi:10.1109/CCST.1990.111386

Title: MIDAS, the Mobile Intrusion Detection and Assessment System

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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.

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

Publication Date:: Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1990

Research Org.:: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: DOE/DP

OSTI Identifier:: 6899473

Report Number(s):: SAND-89-3016C; CONF-9006191-1
ON: DE90012179

DOE Contract Number:: AC04-76DP00789

Resource Type:: Conference

Resource Relation:: Conference: 6. ADPA annual meeting, Williamsburg, VA (USA), 12-13 Jun 1990

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE; 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION; 42 ENGINEERING; 99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE; INFRARED SPECTRA; REMOTE SENSING; INTRUSION; DETECTION; LASERS; PERSONNEL; SECURITY; AUTOMATION; VEHICLES; ALARM SYSTEMS; CAMERAS; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; DISPLAY DEVICES; EQUIPMENT INTERFACES; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; MICROPROCESSORS; MILITARY STRATEGY; RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; COMPUTER OUTPUT DEVICES; COMPUTER-GRAPHICS DEVICES; COMPUTERS; ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS; FUNCTIONS; MICROELECTRONIC CIRCUITS; PROCESSING; SPECTRA; 450000* - Military Technology, Weaponry, & National Defense; 440600 - Optical Instrumentation- (1990-); 426002 - Engineering- Lasers & Masers- (1990-); 990200 - Mathematics & Computers

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                    Arlowe, H D, Coleman, D E, and Williams, J D. MIDAS, the Mobile Intrusion Detection and Assessment System.  United States: N. p., 1990. 
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                    Arlowe, H D, Coleman, D E, & Williams, J D. MIDAS, the Mobile Intrusion Detection and Assessment System.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1109/CCST.1990.111386

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                    Arlowe, H D, Coleman, D E, and Williams, J D. 1990.  
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  abstractNote = {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.},

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