Area Protection Network (APN) is a concept for autonomous surveillance and perimeter protection. It is a network of
sensors, software and a command & control system. The purpose is to protect military and civilian objects and
installations with an all-weather, 24-hour, modular, low-cost and mobile system. The system shall primarily be able to
detect and track human activity in the area of interest and also detect and classify behaviour in order to trig appropriate
actions.
In order to show the concept in real life, an operational demonstrator was developed during 2006. The APN demonstrator
currently consists of a radar (SIRS77), infrared sensors (PTES), visual sensors (video camera), image processing and
data fusion software (Impress) and a command and control system (WCU)
The APN demonstrator can currently detect and track multiple humans and/or vehicles in limited 3D. The tracks are
presented on a map in the operator's graphical user interface. The operator can define multiple alarm zones in the map. If
any track enters an alarm zone an alarm is triggered. The system also includes "blue force" tracking.
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