TARGET TRACKING APPARATUS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a target tracking apparatus which can reduce a network communication capacity with a required minimum network communication capacity by executing transmission control by transmission control in each sensor or transmission request control by a management server for managing each sensor. SOLUTION: By transmitting a re-tracking sensor track obtained by integrating sensor observation information from sensor side to a network, the volume of data transmitted to the network is reduced more than a conventional system that outputs all of the sensor observation information. On the sensor side, a transmission determination processing part 1107 determines transmission of whether or not the re-tracking sensor track of an own sensor should be transmitted to the network by whether or not the track autonomously contributes to the track precision of a fusion track, and only if yes, ensures the tracking precision of a fusion track with a required minimum network communication capacity by transmitting the re-tracking sensor track. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT