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Title: Minefield reconnaissance and detector system

Patent Application ·
OSTI ID:10178961

This invention is comprised of a multi-sensor system for detecting the presence of objects on the surface of the ground or buried just under the surface, such as anti-personnel or anti-tank mines or the like, is disclosed. A remote sensor platform has a plurality of metal detector sensors and a plurality of short pulse radar sensors. The remote sensor platform is remotely controlled from a processing and control unit and signals from the remote sensor platform are sent to the processing and control unit where they are individually evaluated in separate data analysis subprocess steps to obtain a probability ``score`` for each of the pluralities of sensors. These probability scores are combined in a fusion subprocess step by comparing score sets to a probability table which is derived based upon the historical incidence of object present conditions given that score set. A decision making rule is applied to provide an output which is optionally provided to a marker subprocess for controlling a marker device to mark the location of found objects.

Research Organization:
EG and G Energy Measurements, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC08-88NV10617
Assignee:
Dept. of Energy
Patent Number(s):
PATENTS-US-A7746535
Application Number:
ON: DE93019333; PAN: 7-746,535
OSTI ID:
10178961
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 1991
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English