Target detection in low visibility condition and artificial lighting using a laser sensor

The Lidar (LIght Detection And Ranging) sensor produced by Siemens uses five infrared beams to detect targets up to a distance of approximately 250m. The paper describes the tests witch has been develop using our new software in order to visualize the detected targets. We used our program in the detection of different types of targets, placed at different distances and in different combinations. An important goal was to see how various meteorological conditions affect or do not affect the target detection. Other types of experiments were focused on low visibility conditions, different lighting conditions (natural, artificial, day, night).

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