Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems (한국지능시스템학회논문지)

Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems (한국지능시스템학회)
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Target extraction in FLIR image using Bi-modality of local characteristic and Chamfer distance

국부적 특성의 Bi-modality와 Chamfer 거리를 이용한 FLIR 영상의 표적 추출

  • Received : 2009.03.03
  • Accepted : 2009.05.29
  • Published : 2009.06.25
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Abstract

In this paper, target extraction method in FLIR(forward-looking infrared) images based on fuzzy thresholding which used bi-modality and adjacency to determine membership value is proposed. The bi-modality represents how a pixel is classified into a part of target using distribution of pixel values in a local region, and The adjacency is a measure to represent how each pixel is far from the target region. First, membership value is calculated using above two measures, and then fuzzy thresholding is performed to extract the target. To evaluate performance of proposed target extraction method, we compare other segmentation methods using various FLIR tank image. Experimental results show that the proposed algorithm is a good segmentation performance.

본 논문은 bi-modality와 근접성(adjacency)을 고려하여 멤버쉽 값(membership value)을 결정하는 퍼지 임계화(fuzzy thresholding)에 기반한 FLIR(forward-looking infrared) 영상에서의 표적 추출 방법을 제안한다. Bi-modality는 국부 영역의 화소값 분포를 이용한 것으로 화소가 표적 부분으로 분류되는 정도를 나타내고, Adjacency는 각 화소가 표적 영역으로 부터 얼마나 떨어져 있는지를 나타내는 척도이다. 이 두 가지 척도를 이용하여 멤버쉽 값을 계산한 후, 퍼지 임계화 방법으로 표적을 추출한다. 제안한 표적 추출 방법의 성능을 평가하기 위해 다양한 실제 전차의 FLIR 영상을 이용하여 기존의 분할 방법과 비교한다. 실험을 통해 제안한 알고리즘이 우수한 분할 성능을 보임을 증명한다.

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Acknowledgement

Grant : 표적획득지능화 연구

Supported by : 국방과학연구소, 지식경제부, 정보통신연구진흥원

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