Described is a blind sensing system for hyperspectral surveillance. During operation, hyperspectral data is captured using a hyperspectral camera as mounted on a mobile platform. The system then forms a signal mixture of a plurality of multi-dimensional signals. The multi-dimensional signals being the captured hyperspectral data of a wide area having a background and an object. The plurality of multi-dimensional signals are then demixed using blind source separation, resulting in separated spectra. Finally, the system detects and recognizes a spectral signature of the object in the separated spectra.
Blind sensing for hyperspectral surveillance