Through-foliage detection, including in the outermost regions of the EU

Project Information

FOLDOUT

Grant agreement ID: 787021

DOI 10.3030/787021

Project closed

EC signature date 23 April 2018

Start date 1 September 2018

End date 31 August 2022

Funded under

• Secure societies - Protecting freedom and security of Europe and its citizens

Total cost € 8 199 387,75

EU contribution € 8 199 387,75

Coordinated by

AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GMBH
Austria

Deliverables

Documents, reports (6)

Communication Tools
Joint Evaluation and Recommendations Report
Dissemination Report
Dissemination & Communication Plan

Dissemination Communication Plan

Privacy impact assessment of the project outcomes
Ethical guidelines

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (9)

Fusion of Heterogenous Sensor Data in Border Surveillance.

Author(s): Patino L, Hubner M, King R, Litzenberger M, Roupioz L, Michon K, Szklarski Ł, Pegoraro J, Stoianov N, Ferryman J.
Published in: Sensors. 2022;, Issue 14248220, 2022, ISSN 1424-8220
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/s22197351

Active hyperspectral imager using a tunable supercontinuum light source based on a MEMS Fabry–Perot interferometer

Author(s): Teemu Kääriäinen, Timo Dönsberg
Published in: Optics Letters, Issue 46/22, 2021, Page(s) 5533, ISSN 0146-9592
Publisher: Optical Society of America
DOI: 10.1364/ol.439551

A Novel Background Modeling Algorithm for Hyperspectral Ground-Based Surveillance and Through-Foliage Detection

Author(s): Schreiber D, Opitz A
Published in: Sensors, Issue 14248220, 2022, ISSN 1424-8220
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/s22207720

Automatic Annotation of Hyperspectral Images and Spectral Signal Classification of People and Vehicles in Areas of Dense Vegetation with Deep Learning

Author(s): Adam Papp, Julian Pegoraro, Daniel Bauer, Philip Taupe, Christoph Wiesmeyr, Andreas Kriechbaum-Zabini
Published in: Remote Sensing, Issue 12/13, 2020, Page(s) 2111, ISSN 2072-4292
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/rs12132111

Tracking of objects in a multi-sensor fusion system for border surveillance

Author(s): Patino, L., Hubner M., Litzenberger M., & Ferryman J.
Published in: Journal of Defence & Security Technologies, Issue Volume 5, Issue 2, Number 2, 2022, Page(s) 29-43, ISSN 2534-9805
Publisher: Bulgarian Defence Institute
DOI: 10.46713/jdst.005.02

Novel Smart Sensor Technology Platform for Border Crossing Surveillance within FOLDOUT

Author(s): Cristina Picus; Daniel Bauer; Michael Hubner; Andreas Kriechbaum-Zabini; Andreas Opitz; Julian Pegoraro; David Schreiber; Stephan Veigl
Published in: Journal of Defence & Security Technologies, Issue Volume 5, Issue 3, Number 3, 2022, Page(s) 44-57, ISSN 2534-9805
Publisher: Bulgarian Defence Institute
DOI: 10.46713/jdst.005.03

Video-based Detection Algorithms in FOLDOUT: Through-Foliage Detection in Ground-Based Border Surveillance

Author(s): Schreiber, D., & Opitz A.
Published in: Journal of Defence & Security Technologies, Issue 25349805, 2022, Page(s) 84-102, ISSN 2534-9805
Publisher: Bulgarian Defence Institute
DOI: 10.46713/jdst.005.05

Design of Sensors’ Technical Specifications for Airborne Surveillance at Borders.

Author(s): Kampas, G., Vasileiou A., Antonakakis M., Zervakis M., Spanakis E. G., Sakkalis V., et al.
Published in: Journal of Defence & Security Technologies, Issue Volume 5, Issue 4, Number 4, 2022, Page(s) 58-83, ISSN 2534-9805
Publisher: Bulgarian Defence Institute
DOI: 10.46713/jdst.005.04

FOLDOUT project: Towards an enhanced and innovative architecture for border protection.

Author(s): Aggelos Vassileiou; Vasiliki Mantzana; Abdelkader Magdy Shaaban; Andreas Kriechbaum-Zabini; Cristina Picus; Luis Patino; James Ferryman; Gaetano Pastore; Giovanni Alberti; Claudio Papa; M.Rosaria Santovito
Published in: Journal of Defence & Security Technologies, Issue Volume 5, Issue 1, Number 1, 2022, Page(s) 1-28, ISSN 2534-9805
Publisher: Bulgarian Defence Institute
DOI: 10.46713/jdst.005.01

Conference proceedings (9)

Active hyperspectral sensing for border control

Author(s): Teemu Kääriäinen; Mikhail V. Mekhrengin; Timo Dönsberg
Published in: Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Issue 11866, 2021, Page(s) 1-5, ISBN 978-1-5106-4576-9
Publisher: International Society for Optics and Photonics SPIE
DOI: 10.1117/12.2598911

PETS2021: Through-foliage detection and tracking challenge and evaluation

Author(s): L. Patino et al.
Published in: 17th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Video and Signal Based Surveillance (AVSS), Issue 17, 2022, Page(s) 1-10, ISBN 978-1-6654-3396-9
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/avss52988.2021.9663837

Compact Active Hyperspectral Imager Based on Tuneable Short Wave Infrared Supercontinuum Lase

Author(s): T. Kääriäinen, T. Dönsberg
Published in: Optical Sensors and Sensing Congress, Issue JTu2A.2, 2022
Publisher: OPTICA

Active Hyperspectral Imager Based on a Supercontinuum Laser and a MEMS Fabry–Pérot Interferometer

Author(s): T. Kääriäinen, T. Dönsberg
Published in: CLEO2022- Science & Innovations, Issue SF3F.5, 2022, ISBN 978-1-957171-05-0
Publisher: Optica Publishing Group

Person Localisation under Fragmented Occlusion

Author(s): R. Pflugfelder and J. Auer
Published in: 17th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Video and Signal Based Surveillance (AVSS), Issue 17, 2022, Page(s) 1-8, ISBN 978-1-6654-3396-9
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/avss52988.2021.9663791

On Learning Vehicle Detection in Satellite Video

Author(s): Pflugfelder, Roman; Weissenfeld, Axel; Wagner, Julian
Published in: Proceedings of the 25th Computer Vision Winter Workshop Conference February 3-5, 2020, RogaˇskaSlatina, Slovenia, Issue 1, 2020, Page(s) 8-16, ISBN 978-961-90901-9-0
Publisher: Slovenian Pattern Recognition Society, Ljubljana 2020 Electronic edition

The Problem of Fragmented Occlusion in Object Detection

Author(s): Pegoraro, Julian; Pflugfelder, Roman
Published in: Proceedings of the Joint Austrian Computer Vision and Robotics Workshop 2020, Issue 1, 2020, Page(s) 98-101, ISBN 978-3-85125-752-6
Publisher: Verlag der TU Graz
DOI: 10.3217/978-3-85125-752-6

Detection and recognition of persons in snowy foliage using active hyperspectral sensing for border control,

Author(s): T. Kääriäinen, M. Mekhrengin, T. Dönsberg
Published in: Infrared Technology and Applications XLVIII, Issue 12107, 2022, Page(s) 490 -- 493
Publisher: SPIE
DOI: 10.1117/12.2632352

FOLDOUT: A Through Foliage Surveillance System for Border Security.

Author(s): Bolakis, C. et al.
Published in: Technology Development for Security Practitioners. Security Informatics and Law, 2021, Page(s) 259--279, ISBN 978-3-030-69459-3
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-69460-9_16