Journal of the Semiconductor & Display Technology (반도체디스플레이기술학회지)

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Image Enhancement of an Infrared Thermal Camera Using Edge Detection Methods

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  • Jung, Min Chul (Dept. of Computer Engineering, Sangmyung University)
  • 정민철 (상명대학교 공과대학 컴퓨터공학과)
  • Received : 2016.08.31
  • Accepted : 2016.09.21
  • Published : 2016.09.30
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Abstract

This paper proposes a new image enhancement method for an infrared thermal image. The proposed method uses both Laplacian and Prewitt edge detectors. Without a visible light, it uses an infrared image for the edge detection. The method subtracts contour images from the infrared thermal image. It results black contours of objects in the infrared thermal image. That makes the objects in the infrared thermal image distinguished clearly. The proposed method is implemented using C language in an embedded Linux system for a high-speed real-time image processing. Experiments were conducted by using various infrared thermal images. The results show that the proposed method is successful for image enhancement of an infrared thermal image.

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