Abstract:The real-time detection algorithm of moving point target in image sequences is one of key algorithms in many real-time processing systems. After the analysis of real background and the demand of the detection algorithm, this paper presents a research of the dynamic programming with LS linear predictor for detecting low SNR moving targets. With the result of simulation test, it can be pointed out that the introduced algorithm can effectively suppress the target energy pervasion and reduce the false alarms around the real target. The result is very suitable for the point-track predicting and matching algorithm for detecting the target trajectory.