Analysis of Dual-Band Infrared Imagery from the Multidomain Smart Sensor Field Test

摘要

Included is dual-band infrared image data collected as part of the Multi-domain Smart Sensor effort at the U. S. Army Research Laboratory. The ultimate goal of this effort is to produce large format, staring focal plane arrays that are able to see the battlefield in both the 3 to 5 m (midwave infrared) and 8 to 12 m (longwave infrared) atmospheric transmission windows. The image data were collected using separate boresighted cameras with equal pixel formats and fields of view during field tests that were conducted during the summer of 1998. This work shows a number of scenarios under which the imagery from one band is superior to that from the other band and various image fusion techniques that help to enhance the visibility of targets. Discussed is a technique for using computer hardware to do the image fusion in real time as well as results of the application of aided target recognition algorithms to the data.