Concealed weapon detection and visualization in a synthesized image

Images acquired by heterogeneous image sensors may provide complementary information about the scene, for instance, the visual image can provide personal identification information like the facial pattern while the infrared (IR) or millimeter wave image can detect the suspicious regions of concealed weapons. Usually, a technique, namely multiresolution pixel-level image fusion is applied to integrate the information from multi-sensor images. However, when the images are significantly different, the performance of the multiresolution fusion algorithms is not always satisfactory. In this study, a new strategy consisting of two steps is proposed. The first step is to use an unsupervised fuzzy k-means clustering to detect the concealed weapon from the IR image. The detected region is embedded in the visual image in the second step and this process is implemented with a multiresolution mosaic technique. Therefore, the synthesized image retains the quality comparable to the visual image while the region of the concealed weapon is highlighted and enhanced. The experimental results indicate the efficiency of the proposed approach.This material is based on part of the work carried out at the SPCR laboratory of Lehigh University and the work is partially supported by the U. S. Army Research Office under grant number DAAD19-00-1-0431. The content of the information does not necessarily reflect the position or the policy of the federal government, and no official endorsement should be inferred.     

Two years of operational use of Subpixel Automatic Navigation of AVHRR scheme: accuracy assessment and validation

Automated techniques for satellite imagery navigation and co-location are especially required for environmental monitoring activities intensively using satellite data. In this work are presented the results obtained after 2 years of operational use of the Subpixel Automatic Navigation of AVHRR (SANA) scheme. An automatic method for accuracy assessment of satellite navigation techniques, which permits a preliminary evaluation of their performances, dealing with a large collection of test images is also proposed. The navigation accuracy assessment, performed by using a selection of small islands as reference points, is discussed.Results achieved over more than 400 Advanced Very-High-Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) scenes confirm that the SANA scheme is a very accurate one (computed mean navigation error is generally about one AVHRR pixel). Furthermore, because of its high processing speed, it can be considered a suitable tool for intensive satellite data processing in multitemporal analyses, especially required for environmental studies as well as for operational monitoring purposes.     

Image segmentation towards new image representation methods

Very low bit-rate video coding has recently become one of the most important areas of image communication and a large variety of applications have already been identified. Since conventional approaches are reaching a saturation point, in terms of coding efficiency, a new generation of video coding techniques, aiming at a deeper “understanding” of the image, is being studied. In this context, image analysis, particularly the identification of objects or regions in images (segmentation), is a very important step. This paper describes a segmentation algorithm based on split and merge. Images are first simplified using mathematical morphology operators, which eliminate perceptually less relevant details. The simplified image is then split according to a quad tree structure and the resulting regions are finally merged in three steps: merge, elimination of small regions and control of the number of regions.     

基于森林火灾平台的红外图像识别技术研究

森林火灾探测一直是森林资源保护工作中的老大难问题。早期的火灾探测技术多是基于火灾的烟雾和温度特征的,但其判别标准过于单一,误报率较高。随着计算机技术的发展和红外探测器的发明,出现了基于红外图像处理的森林火灾防护技术,该技术主要对红外探测器获得的森林现场的红外图像进行一定的处理后识别图像中是否有火灾出现。本文的主要工作是进行红外图像增强算法的研究,通过对各种算法的描述和仿真实验结果分析,提出一种相对较适合森林背景红外图像的处理算法一将基于频域处理的提升小波变换与直方图修正结合起来的红外图像增强算法。     

一种新的SAR图像斜距多普勒定位模型的直接解法

斜距多普勒定位模型是实现SAR图像无控制点定位的基本模型,因此如何高效准确地获得RD方程组的解成为实现SAR图像无控制点几何定位的根本问题,也是实现SAR自动图像定位的关键。首先利用地固坐标系下目标速度为零的特性,简化RD模型并整理为一元四次方程,然后利用一元四次方程求根方法,推导出斜距多普勒定位模型的明确数学解析解,并与常用的数值迭代求解方法进行比较分析,仿真结果验证了推导的正确性。新解法具有无需设置初始值,易于编程实现,鲁棒性高的特点。     

VisualC＋＋在《微机原理与接口》课程中的应用

利用工程应用实践,对《微机原理与接口》课程进行改革。使用流行的VisualC＋＋编程工具编写及制作USB接口系统,并将其扩展成图像采集系统。通过对一个完整的计算机软件与硬件系统的设计制作,使学生掌握实际开发能力,实现与日后工作的无缝连接。     

Image quality evaluation for OLED-based smart-phone displays at various lighting conditions

The image quality of three organic light-emitting diode (OLED) based smart-phone displays was assessed at three levels of ambient lighting conditions corresponding to the darkroom, indoor and outdoor environment, respectively. Seven perceptual attributes, i.e., naturalness, colorfulness, brightness, contrast, sharpness, preference, and overall image quality (IQ), were evaluated in both standard dynamic range (SDR) and high dynamic range (HDR) mode via psychophysical experiments by rank order method, while readability was assessed only in SDR mode and gradation was investigated only in HDR mode. The experimental results demonstrate that, besides the color gamut, the tone reproduction curve is also an important factor affecting the colorfulness of mobile display in the two modes. Higher peak luminance would not mean better performance on brightness and contrast for HDR images, which is opposite to SDR mode. Further analysis of variance (ANOVA) indicates that the ranking results of all perceptual attributes are not significantly affected by the ambient lighting levels in both SDR and HDR modes.     

基于ADSP-BF561的视频图像采集系统设计

校本文基于ADI公司BF561的嵌入式处理器,以OV7660 CMOS图像传感器为视频图像输入源,以uClinux为操作系统,采用先进的JPEG2000图像压缩算法,设计了一种视频图像采集系统的实现方案,实现了视频图像的采集,处理及传输。测试结果表明,在上位机端可以看到比较清晰的图像。     

红外弱小目标的匹配方法研究与仿真

研究红外图像中的目标匹配问题。针对传统的红外图像中目标匹配效果不理想,匹配不准确。当红外图像中是弱小目标时,背景灰度值与目标灰度值非常相近,灰度直方图均衡化无法实现目标与背景的完整分离,导致漏匹配率较高的问题。为提高目标的匹配精度,提出一种形态学预处理的红外目标匹配方法,通过形态学算法提取出图像中的形状信息,利用形状信息将红外图像中的目标与背景完整分离,避免了只依靠灰度图像信息造成的不能完整分离目标与背景带来的漏匹配问题。进行仿真的结果证明,采用的形态学与处理的匹配方法能够完整将目标与背景分离,成功完成目标匹配,取得了满意的结果。     

基于开源平台的网络镜像部署方案

介绍了一种基于开源平台的网络镜像部署方案。方案基于C／S架构,客户端的安装采用了基于PXE的远程启动模式,因此不需要为客户端进行手动安装,从而可以使无系统客户机也能向服务端发起镜像部署请求。网络镜像部署的实现充分吸纳了UDPcast、Partclone以及tftpd32等优秀的已有开源项目,避免了重复的开发工作,编写的调度、UI模块解决了开源软件操作不友好的缺点。实际测试显示,该方案己具有良好的实用价值,所用的系统架构也值得推广到其他应用场合。