• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제6권6호
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• pp.977-984
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• 2003

본 논문에서는 파노라믹 적외선 영상에서의 영상 향상 기법을 제안하였다. 제안한 기법에서는 먼저 파노라믹 적외선 영상을 작은 부영상으로 나누고, 각 부영상의 통계적 특성을 이용하여 각 부영상에 대하여 대조 확장을 행한다. 그러나 이때 통계적 특성이 다른 인접하는 부영상의 경계 영역에서는 블럭화 현상이 나타난다. 이러한 블럭화 현상을 제거하기 위하여 제안한 기법에서는 수평적으로 인접하는 부영상의 통계적 특성을 이용하여 부영상의 경계영역에 대하여 대조 확장을 행한다. 실험을 통하여 제안한 기법이 효율적으로 시각적인 화질을 개선하였음을 확인하였다.

• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.1405-1419
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• 2018

An image fusion method is proposed on the basis of depth model segmentation to overcome the shortcomings of noise interference and artifacts caused by infrared and visible image fusion. Firstly, the deep Boltzmann machine is used to perform the priori learning of infrared and visible target and background contour, and the depth segmentation model of the contour is constructed. The Split Bregman iterative algorithm is employed to gain the optimal energy segmentation of infrared and visible image contours. Then, the nonsubsampled contourlet transform (NSCT) transform is taken to decompose the source image, and the corresponding rules are used to integrate the coefficients in the light of the segmented background contour. Finally, the NSCT inverse transform is used to reconstruct the fused image. The simulation results of MATLAB indicates that the proposed algorithm can obtain the fusion result of both target and background contours effectively, with a high contrast and noise suppression in subjective evaluation as well as great merits in objective quantitative indicators.

• 센서학회지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.44-50
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• 2000

적외선 센서는 대상 물체의 열 분포를 감지할 수 있고, 그것으로부터 얻은 영상은 물체 내부의 결함과 그 물체표면의 이물질 등의 효과가 모두 포함된 상태이므로 적외선 열 화상 자체만으로는 비정상적인 부분들을 찾아내기 어렵다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 적외선 센서로부터 얻은 영상을 가시화 하는 방법으로 가시광선 영상과의 중첩방법을 제시한다. 이를 위해서 평행이동 관계에 있는 두 가시광선 영상으로부터 열 화상에 대응하는 보간 영상을 생성하고, 이것을 적외선 센서에 의해 감지된 온도를 매핑한 열 화상과 중첩시킨다. 본 논문에서 제안한 가시화 기법은 적외선 센서의 특성을 최대한 고려할 수 있기 때문에 재해방지를 위한 비파괴 검사 등에 쓰여질 수 있다.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.314-320
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• 2020

적외선 영상 장비에 사용되는 광학계는 온도에 따른 굴절률의 변화가 심해 운용 온도 범위가 넓은 군용 적외선 영상장비에는 자동초점조절 기능이 필수적이다. 본 논문에서는 3중 배율의 적외선 영상 장비를 설계하고 해당 장비의 온도에 따른 굴절률 변화를 보상하기 위하여 온도 챔버에 영상 장비와 시준기를 설치하여 온도에 따른 렌즈 초점 이동량 변화를 측정하였다. 측정된 이동량을 활용하여 자동초점조절 기능을 구현하였으며 두 번의 온도 시험을 통해 -35~71℃의 넓은 운용 온도범위에서 상온의 MTF 성능과 동등한 수준의 분해능 성능의 영상을 확인하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Physical Society
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• 제73권11호
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• pp.1644-1649
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• 2018

Aiming at infrared thermal images with different buried depth defects, we study a variety of image segmentation algorithms based on the threshold to develop global search ability and the ability to find the defect area accurately. Firstly, the iterative thresholding method, the maximum entropy method, the minimum error method, the Ostu method and the minimum skewness method are applied to image segmentation of the same infrared thermal image. The study shows that the maximum entropy method and the minimum error method have strong global search capability and can simultaneously extract defects at different depths. However none of these five methods can accurately calculate the defect area at different depths. In order to solve this problem, we put forward a strategy of "divide and conquer". The infrared thermal image is divided into several local thermal maps, with each map containing only one defect, and the defect area is calculated after local image processing of the different buried defects one by one. The results show that, under the "divide and conquer" strategy, the iterative threshold method and the Ostu method have the advantage of high precision and can accurately extract the area of different defects at different depths, with an error of less than 5%.

• 대한원격탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한원격탐사학회 2002년도 Proceedings of International Symposium on Remote Sensing
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• pp.578-578
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• 2002

Thermal infrared imaging is a highly promising technology for condition monitoring and predictive maintenance of electronic, electrical and mechanical elements in nuclear power plants. However, conventional low-cost infrared imaging systems suffer from poor spatial resolution compared to commercial CCD cameras. This paper describes an approach to enhance inspection performances for calandria reactor area of Wolsung nuclear power plant through the technique of superimposing thermal infrared image into real CCD image. In the occurrence of thermal abnormalities on observation points and areas of calandria reactor area, unusual hot image taken from thermal infrared camera is mapped upon real CCD image. The performance of the technique has been evaluated in the experiment carried out at Wolsung nuclear power plant in the overhaul period. The results show that localizations of thermal abnormalities on calandria reactor face can be estimated accurately.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제11권10호
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• pp.5006-5022
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• 2017

Effect and robust detection of targets in infrared images has crucial meaning for many applications, such as infrared guidance, early warning, and video surveillance. However, it is not an easy task due to the special characteristics of the infrared images, in which the background clutters are severe and the targets are weak. The recent literature demonstrates that sparse representation can help handle the detection problem, however, the detection performance should be improved. To this end, in this text, a hybrid method based on local sparse representation and contrast is proposed, which can effectively and robustly detect the infrared targets. First, a residual image is calculated based on local sparse representation for the original image, in which the target can be effectively highlighted. Then, a local contrast based method is adopted to compute the target prediction image, in which the background clutters can be highly suppressed. Subsequently, the residual image and the target prediction image are combined together adaptively so as to accurately and robustly locate the targets. Based on a set of comprehensive experiments, our algorithm has demonstrated better performance than other existing alternatives.

• 한국태양에너지학회 논문집
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• 제33권5호
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• pp.51-59
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• 2013

It is usual to evaluate the performance of the cool roof by measuring in-site rooftop temperature using thermal infra-red camera. The principal advantage of rooftop thermal infrared image acquired in oblique vantage point of super high-rise building as a remote sensor is to provide, in a cost-effective manner, area-wide information required for a scattered rooftop target with different colors, utilizing wide view angle and multi-temporal data coverage. This research idea was formulated by incorporating the concept of traditional remote sensing into rooftop temperature monitoring. Correlations between infrared image of super high-rise building and in-situ data were investigated to compare rooftop surface temperature for a total of four different rooftop locations. The results of the correlations analyses indicate that the rooftop surface temperature by the infrared images of super high-rise building alone could be explained yielding $R^2$ values of 0.951. The visible permanent record of the oblique thermal infra-red image was quite useful in better understanding the nature and extent of rooftop color that occurs in sampling points. This thermal infrared image acquired in oblique vantage point of super high-rise made it possible to identify area wide patterns of rooftop temperature change subject to many different colors, which cannot be acquired by traditional in-site field sampling. The infrared image of super high-rise building breaks down the usual concept of field sampling established as a conventional cool roof performance evaluation technique.

• 전자공학회논문지 IE
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• 제48권2호
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• pp.32-39
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• 2011

비냉각형 적외선 검출기를 사용한 적외선 열상 카메라의 영상은 다이나믹 레인지가 좁고 신호 증폭에 의한 노이즈로 인하여 피사체를 식별하기 어려운 단점이 있다. 인간의 시각모델을 기반으로 한 레티넥스 알고리즘은 콘트라스트 향상 및 컬러 재현성에 있어서 매우 효과적인 방법으로 알려져 있다. 하지만, 적외선 열상 이미지와 같이 다이나믹 레인지가 좁은 영상에 레티넥스 알고리즘을 적용할 경우 오히려 콘트라스트가 감소하고 이미지 품질이 저하된다. 본 논문에서는 적외선 열상 이미지의 특성에 적합한 레티넥스 알고리즘 기반의 화질 개선 방법을 제안한다. 콘트라스트 개선 성능을 향상시키기 위해 새로운 다이나믹 레인지 압축 함수를 사용하였고, 국부적인 윤곽과 노이즈를 개선하기 위해 콘트라스트 보상 처리를 영상의 합성 과정에 적용하였다. 실험 결과 영상의 비교와 분석을 통해 제안한 알고리즘이 기존의 알고리즘보다 적외선 열상 이미지의 화질 개선에 더 효과적인 방법임을 확인하였다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제12권10호
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• pp.5039-5055
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• 2018

The quality of natural outdoor images captured by visible camera sensors is usually degraded by the haze present in the atmosphere. In this paper, a fast image dehazing method based on visible image and near-infrared fusion is proposed. In the proposed method, a visible and a near-infrared (NIR) image of the same scene is fused based on the dual-tree complex wavelet transform (DT-CWT) to generate a dehazed color image. The color of the fusion image is regulated through haze concentration estimated by dark channel prior (DCP). The experiment results demonstrate that the proposed method outperforms the conventional dehazing methods and effectively solves the color distortion problem in the dehazing process.