Ship Wake Detection Algorithm for Maritime Optical Images

해양 영상에서 선박으로 인한 후류 영역 탐지 기법

We propose a novel algorithm for detecting ship wake trails in optical images of the maritime environment. The proposed algorithm first removes the sky region by localizing the horizon to prevent false wake trails detection. Then, a feature map is computed by employing brightness distortion and chromatic distortion. The feature map is thresholded to obtain a rough estimate of wake trails. Finally, the wake map is refined using the shape prior information. Experimental results show that the proposed algorithm can effectively detect wake trails in images.