Hough transform relative to a four-dimensional parameter space for the detection of constant velocity target

Abstract

We present a novel Hough transform method for moving point target detection by using a 4-D parameter space. A new representation, which uses four parameters (the distance variable , the angle variable , the velocity variable v, and the distance variable S), is proposed for constant velocity target in the 3-D observation space X-Y-T. By estimating velocity, a target trajectory can be transformed into a 4-D parameter space with a limited range of projection options. Our simulation and analysis show that the new algorithm can produce positive results in suppressing noise points with less computational cost.