Object and swarm detection, tracking, and characterization system

A detection system, comprising:

• at least one controller including a hardware processor;
• at least one sensing assembly including:
• at least one sensor device configured to scan an area to detect a swarm of objects and transmit a swarm detection signal to the at least one controller;
• at least one light detection and ranging (LIDAR) sensor device configured to receive a control signal from the at least one controller to direct an optical pulse at a swarm based on a swarm detection signal, wherein at least one the LIDAR sensor device is configured to:
• scan a swarm to generate image data of objects associated with a swarm;
• detect features of objects;
• characterize, using imaging processing, the features of the object and identify objects of a swarm as a target object or a non-target object based on the characterization;
• and
• based on the characterization, simultaneously track any target objects, scan the swarm of objects, and continue to detect and characterize features the non-target object.

A swarm detection and countermeasure system, comprising:

• at least one controller including a hardware processor;
• at least one sensing assembly including:
• at least one sensor device configured to scan an area to detect a swarm of objects and transmit a swarm detection signal to the at least one controller;
• plural light detection and ranging (LIDAR) sensor devices, at least one LIDAR sensor device configured to receive a control signal from the at least one controller to direct an optical pulse at a swarm based on a swarm detection signal, wherein the at least one LIDAR sensor device is configured to:
• scan a swarm to generate image data of objects associated with a swarm;
• detect features of the objects;
• characterize, using image processing, the features of the objects and identify objects of a swarm as a target object or a non-target object based on the characterization;
• and
• based on the characterization of the feature, simultaneously track any target objects, scan the swarm of objects, and continue to detect and characterize features the non-target objects;
• wherein the at least one controller is configured to process movement data from the plural LIDAR sensor devices to:
• identify a formation;
• and
• predict behavior of at least one object, a subset of objects associated with a swarm, and/or all of the objects associated with a swarm;
• wherein the at least one controller is configured, via an automated reasoning technique, to develop a countermeasure that will disrupt a formation and/or a predicted behavior.