Application of improved mean shiftalgorithm in rocket target tracking

An improved Mean shift based rocket target tracking algorithm is presented. The traditional Mean shift tracker is difficult in tracking fast moving rocket target and suffers in cumulating error. To overcome the limitation of the traditional Mean shift tracking algorithm, three frame difference method is employed to detect the rough position of rocket target. Based on the rough position, Mean shift algorithm is used to achieve precise tracking. Simulation experiments show that the proposed algorithm can effectively track fast moving rocket target and overcome the tracking error cumulating problems.