Rifled Ordnance

Classification of Unexploded Ordnance

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Visual ordnance recognition

We describe a method for recognizing surface-lying ordnance in test ranges using stereo range information and image edge maps. This method is to be used by an unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) surveying the test range for autonomous clearing of ordnance. We concentrate on a particular type of cylindrical ordnance (BLU-97) in current usage in U.S. military test ranges. In order to locate instances o...

Homicide by a rifled shotgun slug: unconventional ballistics

Two types of firearms are well knownRifled and smoothbore. The shotgun is conventionally loaded with shot. Shot is a collective term for small balls of lead used primarily as projectiles in shotguns. Ammunition for shotguns in the USA is shotgun shells, shotshells, or just shells; cartridge is standard usage in the United Kingdom and India. Ballistic expertise in India of the world usually base...

Statistical Methods for Unexploded Ordnance Discrimination

We propose statistical processing methods and performance analysis techniques for discrimination and localization of Unexploded Ordnance (UXOs) using EMI sensors based on nonparametrically defined prior probability density functions for target-relevant features. In the first part of this thesis, new sets of UXO discrimination methods using these nonparametric prior models are introduced where w...

Real-Time Ordnance Recognition in Color Imagery