Recognition Technique of Moored Small Vessel using High resolution satellite imagery

Abstract

In recent years, it has become a common practice to use the high resolution satellite imagery. For example, the IKONOS has an image with 1-meter resolution by the panchromatic image sensor. Such an image is great useful for the mapping, the geographic information system and so on. The present paper shows the automatic detection and recognition technique of the moored small vessel by using the high resolution image data of IKONOS. In this study, the template matching is applied as an image processing technique for the target detection. This technique is made effective and widely use in the field of the pattern recognition. According to the result of the matching processing for an actual area of sea, it appears that the ratio of the matching on the target detection is about 85[%]. And, it became clear that this technique was very useful method on the detection and the recognition for a target like a moored small vessel in an inland waterway.