Systems And Methods For Preventing Friendly Fire Through Infrared Recognition And Authentication

A system for preventing friendly fire using infrared object recognition, comprising:

• an IR projector for projecting a beam of IR radiation at a first wavelength onto the object;
• an IR detector having a field of view of the object for detecting IR fluorescence from the object, a wavelength of the fluorescence being a function of the first wavelength;
• an RGB camera for capturing a still or moving picture of the object;
• a processor;
• a memory for storing software having machine readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, perform the steps of:
• identifying the object from an object list, based upon the still or moving picture from the RGB camera;
• controlling the IR projector to generate IR at the first wavelength;
• controlling the IR detector to capture the object fluorescence;
• and
• identifying the object as friendly or non-friendly based upon the object fluorescence;
• and
• an inhibitor for preventing firing of a gun or missile when the object is identified as friendly.

A system for preventing friendly fire using infrared (IR) recognition of an object, comprising:

• an IR detector having a field of view of the object for detecting IR fluorescence from the object when illuminated by an IR beam;
• a processor executing an algorithm to perform the steps of:
• controlling the IR detector to detect the object fluorescence;
• and
• identifying the object as friendly or non-friendly based upon whether the object fluorescence is detected;
• and
• an inhibitor for preventing firing of a gun or missile when the object is identified as friendly.