The invention discloses an
infrared and visible light fusion tracking-based ship water cannon
control system and method. The
system comprises a photoelectric
tracking system, a control computer and awater cannon
servo control system, wherein the photoelectric
tracking system comprises an
infrared and visible light camera and a
laser range finder that are used for obtaining binary channel image information and distance information of offshore ship objects, the control computer comprises an
object detection and identification module and a firing data calculation module, the
object detection andidentification module is used for using
object color characteristics of a visible light image and
object contour characteristics of an
infrared image to detect and identify the objects, the firing data calculation module is used for subjecting the offshore ship objects to object modeling operation, a hitting equation is solved, firing data is calculated, and the water cannon
servo control systemis used for controlling water cannons to point to the objects according to the firing data. The ship water cannon
control system and method can be used for tracking real time motion of the offshore ship objects and can be prevented from
electromagnetic interference, accurate angular position and distance information of the objects can be obtained, and the water cannons can be guided to perform effective shooting operation.