Concealed Weapon Detection using Image Processing and Machine Learning

Abstract

Abstract: This research paper presents a study of concealed weapon detection using image processing and machine learning. In order to attempt to replace the traditional method of detecting hidden weapons i.e. x-ray method with an automated and possibly a less error prone procedure, potential alternate techniques such as neural networks and image fusion have been studied and explored to identify the best possible solution. We propose a method to fuse Thermal/IR image with the conventional RGB image or HSV image in order to reduce image noise and retain all the critical features of the image to achieve both weapon detection and facial feature extraction. Keywords: Image fusion; concealed weapon; feature extraction; neural network; thermal imaging