MULTISENSOR DATA FUSION

Growing demand for better sensing and monitoring systems and for more effective means of processing the increasing flow of information has l ed to the wider implementation of multisensor data fusion techniques. With the recent rapid developments in sensor technology and in the adv anced methods of signal and data processing, multisensor data fusion i s becoming one of the most important new techniques to be used in many military, industrial and commercial applications. This article offers a brief overview of the fusion area illustrated by several examples o f established techniques, their limitations, proposed new solutions an d other new developments.