Two and Three Color Processing of Fort A P Hill Multiband Imagery

Abstract

Advanced Navy sensors will operate simultaneously in multiple spectral bands to achieve target detection, discrimination, and identification. Color image processing is necessary to guide the development of integrated imaging sensors using multi-spectral focal plane arrays and to demonstrate the capabilities of these emerging sensors. This paper discusses human visualization techniques which best transfer multi-spectral information to the observer for critical search, surveillance, and targeting decisions. Fused two- and three-band color video is presented from data gathered at Fort AP Hill using bore-sighted cameras (LMIRIS uncooled 320*240 long wave infrared, Amber Radiance 256*256 mid-wave infrared, and Fairchild image intensified CCD cameras).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA394909

Entities

People

  • D. Scribner
  • J. Schuler
  • M. Kruer
  • P. Warren

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Cameras
  • Chromaticity
  • Color Displays
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Sets
  • Detection
  • Digital Data
  • False Alarms
  • Field Tests
  • Human Performance Tests
  • Images
  • Infrared Images
  • Long-Wavelength Infrared Radiation
  • Radiance
  • Target Detection
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.