Triton SeaClass™

Triton SeaClass is an advanced seabed segmentation/classification module that automatically characterizes bottom types based on statistical properties of mosaicked sidescan or multibeam backscatter data. SeaClass is available as an optional module to both of Triton’s mosaicking and mapping software packages, Triton Map™ or the new Triton Perspective™.
SeaClass is based on a multi-layer perceptron supervised neural network. The classification procedure consists of two stages: a learning stage and a classification stage. Training is accomplished by the operator selecting areas in the mosaic of differing bottom type (e.g. sand, rock, mud, etc.). Training of the classifier neural network then proceeds through an automated statistical analysis of the selected samples and a characterization of each type. The following classification stage is a completely automated process where the entire mosaic image is segmented into the different classes. Results of the classification are displayed overlain on the mosaic image with each area colored or optionally with vector/line boundaries around each area. Output from SeaClass can be the DXF boundary vectors or a GeoTIFF mosaic image with the displayed color-coded areas.

Technology
• Multi-layer perceptron supervised neural network
• Image segmentation based on statistical
characteristics of mosaic image texture
• Training via operator selection of representative
areas of each seabed class
• Automated segmentation of entire mosaic image
into the trained classes

Applications
• Habitat Mapping
• Mine Countermeasures (REA)
• Marine Geology/Geophysics
Input/Output
• Sidescan or multibeam backscatter mosaic image
• Import of training samples from existing

seabed database
• Import of existing classification parameters
for application to a new mosaic image
• Output of geo-coded vector boundaries
of classified areas (DXF)
• Output of GeoTIFF mosaic image with
color-coded areas

Options
• Point classification mode (available with Triton Perspective only)
• S-57 backgound image
• Triton MosaicOne™ advanced mosaicing module with dB-based imagery (Perspective only)