REPUBLIC OF SERBIA

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

www.mod.gov.rs

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

Material Resources Sector

Defensive Technologies Department

Military Technical Institute

www.vti.mod.gov.rs

PaSSIVE RANGING BASED ON USING COMMERCIAL CAMERAS

Goran DikiĆ

University of Defence, Military academy, Belgrade, goran.dikic@mod.gov.rs

BOBAN BODNZULIĆ

University of Defence, Military academy, Belgrade, bondzulici@yahoo.com

MILENKO ANDRIĆ

University of Defence, Military academy, Belgrade, asmilenko@beotel.net

Abstract: This paper  presents the results of the experiment made with two commercial cameras trying two determine   the target range. In the light of limited cameras features only laboratory experiments are considered. The target distance is estimated using nonparallel imaging axis and triangle similarity.

Key words: passive ranging, image processing.