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An Aided Target Recognition System (ATR) is provided wherein the recognition abilities of two ATR sensor subsystems with mutually exclusive false alarm characteristics are fused by a decision circuit to provide an improved false alarm rate versus the probability of target detection. The sensors, whi

An Aided Target Recognition System (ATR) is provided wherein the recognition abilities of two ATR sensor subsystems with mutually exclusive false alarm characteristics are fused by a decision circuit to provide an improved false alarm rate versus the probability of target detection. The sensors, which respond to different types of radiation, have different false alarm patterns for the same set of targets and a decision circuit which contains logical function elements to exploit the difference in these patterns.

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An improved ATR system for detecting, identifying and prioritizing targets from a plurality of detected targets, including: a plurality of sensor means for detecting mutually exclusive sets of waves emanating from the environment including said targets; all of said sensors being passive and having r

An improved ATR system for detecting, identifying and prioritizing targets from a plurality of detected targets, including: a plurality of sensor means for detecting mutually exclusive sets of waves emanating from the environment including said targets; all of said sensors being passive and having response thresholds low enough to detect all possible targets including a very large number of false targets; a sub-ATR circuit means coupled to each of said sensors for locating, classifying, prioritizing and listing a separate preselected quota in each of a preselected number of classes of targets detected by said sensors, in accordance with prerecorded target signatures and other user constraints, a first of said sensors having a lower probability of detection for a given false alarm rate than a second of said sensors, but based on a different distribution pattern of false alarms among said targets; a final decision means coupled to all of said sensors for reassigning the classifications and priorities of targets detected by both of said sensors according to a preselected set of logical classification rules.