Air-To-Ground Dual-Mode MMW/IR Sensor Scene Registration

Proper registration between infrared (IR) and millimeter wave (MMW) scenes in an air-to-ground dual-mode MMW/IR sensor is discussed. A method to autonomously compensate for mis-registration errors between scenes is given. It is shown, in an example, that this will allow for a high probability of target detection without significantly increasing the probability of false-target detection.