Automated Image Enhancement Techniques for Second Generation FLIR.

Abstract

This document reports on automated image enhancement techniques for second generation forward looking infrared systems. Section 2 covers the primary image processing functions (in a second generation FLIR) for the derivation of a video signal, free of artifacts, from the detector array. Section 3 deals with interframe processing. It is shown how successive frames of moving FLIR video may be put into registration--making possible any of a number of useful interframe processing functions. Auto-focus is covered in Section 4. The various factors which can cause a FLIR to be defocused are discussed. In Section 5 two approaches to the problem of contrast enhancement are presented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA043572

Entities

Organizations

  • Honeywell International, Inc.

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Data Rate
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Dynamic Range
  • Electronics
  • Focal Planes
  • Frequency
  • Insensitive Explosives
  • Intellectual Property
  • Moving Targets
  • Network Protocols
  • Optics
  • Rats
  • Rodents
  • Targets
  • Video Signals

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Medical Imaging.
  • Oceanography.