Capabilities Assessment and Employment Recommendations for Full Motion Video Optical Navigation Exploitation (FMV-ONE)

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Abstract:

The Marine Corps has a capability gap in its inability to exploit full motion video in real time. Currently, Marines are unable to rectify, orthorectify, and georectify live video streams, which would allow for real-time geolocation coordinate extraction. MITRE Corporations Full Motion Video Optical Navigation Exploitation FMV-ONE is a platform agnostic software solution capable of processing Motion Imagery Standards Board-compliant video streams. Using structure from motion theory, video is processed through computer vision-informed algorithms, and users are able to generate precision coordinates without the need for Controlled Image Base CIB or Digital Point Positioning Database DPPDB references. Additional capabilities include a multi-aspect video viewer, reference imagery generation and Cursor on Target export, and live video rewind. After examining the capabilities of FMV-ONE, I believe that the Marine Corps planned implementation within the geospatial intelligence community leaves the true potential of the software untapped. The underlying mathematical engine has capability expansion potential that can provide benefits across the functional areas of the Marine Corps, most importantly, to operations, fires, and aviation support. FMV-ONEs toolsets need to be expanded, and the software needs to be fielded to additional communities beyond the intelligence enterprise.

Author(s):
Coffman, Patrick N.
Author Organization(s):
NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
Descriptive Note:
Master's thesis
Supplementary Note:
The original document contains color images.
Pagination:
0097

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Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Monitor Series:
NPS
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_2.1_Planning and Direction; JCA_2.2_Collection; JCA_2.1.4_Evaluation; JCA_5.2_Understand; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_5.2.3_Share Knowledge and Situational Awareness; JCA_2.2.2_Imagery Collection; JCA_5.4_Decide; JCA_5.4.3_Establish Rule Sets; JCA_5.3.1_Analyze Problem; JCA_1.1_Force Management; JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_1.2.1_Training; JCA_4.1_Deployment and Distribution; JCA_5.2.2_Develop Knowledge and Situational Awareness; JCA_5.5.2_Task; JCA_5.5_Direct; JCA_7.2_Mitigate; JCA_7_Protection; JCA_JCA_4.1.2_Sustain the Force
Modernization Areas:
Autonomy; Fully Networked C3
Communities of Interest:
Autonomy
Descriptor(s):
*COMPUTER VISION, *IMAGE PROCESSING, *REMOTELY PILOTED VEHICLES, *VIDEO SIGNALS, ALGORITHMS, COORDINATES, GRIDS, MARINE CORPS PERSONNEL, MILITARY INTELLIGENCE, MOTION DETECTORS, OPTICAL DETECTION, PATTERN RECOGNITION, POSITION FINDING, RADIO TELEMETRY, REAL TIME, SOFTWARE TOOLS, SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION, TARGET DETECTION, THESES, VISUAL SURVEILLANCE
Field(s)/Group(s):
Cybernetics, Military Intelligence, Direction Finding, Navigation and Guidance
Keyword(s):
FMV ONE(FULL MOTION VIDEO OPTICAL NAVIGATION EXPLOITATION), VIDEO STREAMING, RECTIFICATION, GEORECTIFICATION, ORTHORECTIFICATION, UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES, GEOLOCATION, GRID COORDINATES, FMV(FULL MOTION VIDEO), GEOSPATIAL INTELLIGENCE
Report Date:
2015 Jun 01
Creation Date:
2016 Jun 13