• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제17권11호
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• pp.1270-1278
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• 2014

The modern infrared (IR) imaging systems use mainly one or more wavelength bands among short wavelength IR (SWIR), middle wavelength IR (MWIR), and long wavelength IR (LWIR) bands. In the process of IR image synthesis and modeling, IR image wavelength-band conversion which transforms arbitrary band image to other band one is required. The wavelength-band conversion procedure includes a temperature estimation process of an object surface. However, in this procedure, an approximated Planck's radiation equation causes errors in estimated temperature. In this paper, we propose an estimation temperature error attenuation method in IR image band conversion procedure. The estimated temperature is corrected with a slope information of radiance according to it. The corrected temperature is used for generation of the other band IR image. The verification of proposed method is demonstrated through the simulation.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.207-213
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• 2013

An infrared image synthetic method is proposed for infrared system simulation. The synthesis image uses a background IR image captured from real scene and a target IR modeling image. The radiances related with maximum and minimum temperatures of the background and target images are calculated from the Planck's blackbody equation. Based on them, the background and target images are compensated and synthesized. The proposed method is simulated and the IR target images are generated by RadThermIR software.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.341-344
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• 2017

Infrared (IR) filters were developed to implement integrated three-dimensional (3D) image sensors that are capable of obtaining both color image and depth information at the same time. The combination of light filters applicable to the 3D image sensor is composed of a modified IR cut filter mounted on the objective lens module and on-chip filters such as IR pass filters and color filters. The IR cut filters were fabricated by inorganic $SiO_2/TiO_2$ multilayered thin-film deposition using RF magnetron sputtering. On-chip IR pass filters were synthetized by dissolving various pigments and dyes in organic solvents and by subsequent patterning with photolithography. The fabrication process of the filters is fairly compatible with the complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) process. Thus, the IR cut filter and IR pass filter combined with conventional color filters are considered successfully applicable to 3D image sensors.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제15권8호
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• pp.2749-2763
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• 2021

The desirable result of infrared (IR) and visible (VIS) image fusion should have textural details from VIS images and salient targets from IR images. However, detail information in the dark regions of VIS image has low contrast and blurry edges, resulting in performance degradation in image fusion. To resolve the troubles of fuzzy details in dark regions of VIS image fusion, we have proposed a method of reflectance estimation for IR and VIS image fusion. In order to maintain and enhance details in these dark regions, dark region approximation (DRA) is proposed to optimize the Retinex model. With the improved Retinex model based on DRA, quasi-Newton method is adopted to estimate the reflectance of a VIS image. The final fusion outcome is obtained by fusing the DRA-based reflectance of VIS image with IR image. Our method could simultaneously retain the low visibility details in VIS images and the high contrast targets in IR images. Experiment statistic shows that compared to some advanced approaches, the proposed method has superiority on detail preservation and visual quality.

• 전자공학회논문지
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• 제53권11호
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• pp.73-81
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• 2016

일반적으로 적외선 열화상 영상은 가시광선 영상보다 약한 선명도를 가지며, 디테일 정보도 거의 없다. 그래서 종래 영상확대 알고리즘 방법으로 적외선 영상을 확대할 경우 가시광 영상에 비해 효과적이지 않다. 이런 문제점을 해결하기 위해 본 논문은 입력 적외선 영상을 ADRC 기반 초고해상도 기법으로 일차적으로 확대하고, 대응하는 가시광선 영상과 융합하는 방법을 제안한다. 제안하는 알고리즘은 크게 확대 과정과 융합 과정으로 나뉜다. 먼저 입력된 적외선 영상을 ADRC 기반의 초고해상도 알고리즘으로 확대한다. 사전의 학습과정에서 고해상도 영상들에 소위 pre-emphasis를 적용한 후 학습을 함으로써 선명도 향상을 꾀했다. 융합 과정에서는 먼저 입력 IR영상과 대응하는 가시광선 영상에서 고주파 정보를 추출하고, IR영상의 복잡도에 따라 적응적으로 상기 추출된 고주파 정보를 합성하는 방식으로 최종적인 확대 적외선 영상이 얻어진다. 모의 실험 결과 제안 알고리즘은 최신 SR기법 중 하나인 A+기법보다 JNB수치가 평균 0.2184만큼 높은 우수한 정량적 결과를 보인다. 뿐만 아니라 주관적 화질에서도 상당한 우위를 보인다.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제25권5호
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• pp.476-486
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• 2022

Synthetic dynamic infrared image generation from the given virtual environment is being the primary goal to simulate the output of the infra-red(IR) camera installed on a vehicle to evaluate the control algorithm for various search & reconnaissance missions. Due to the difficulty to obtain actual IR data in complex environments, Artificial intelligence(AI) has been used recently in the field of image data generation. In this paper, CycleGAN technique is applied to obtain a more realistic synthetic IR image. We added the Structural Similarity Index Measure(SSIM) loss function to the L1 loss function to generate a more realistic synthetic IR image when the CycleGAN image is generated. From the simulation, it is applicable to the guided-missile flight simulation tests by using the synthetic infrared image generated by the proposed technique.

• International Journal of Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Systems
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.246-253
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• 2016

Infrared (IR) imaging has been researched for various applications such as surveillance. IR radiation has the capability to detect thermal characteristics of objects under low-light conditions. However, automatic segmentation for finding the object of interest would be challenging since the IR detector often provides the low spatial and contrast resolution image without color and texture information. Another hindrance is that the image can be degraded by noise and clutters. This paper proposes multi-level segmentation for extracting regions of interest (ROIs) and objects of interest (OOIs) in the IR scene. Each level of the multi-level segmentation is composed of a k-means clustering algorithm, an expectation-maximization (EM) algorithm, and a decision process. The k-means clustering initializes the parameters of the Gaussian mixture model (GMM), and the EM algorithm estimates those parameters iteratively. During the multi-level segmentation, the area extracted at one level becomes the input to the next level segmentation. Thus, the segmentation is consecutively performed narrowing the area to be processed. The foreground objects are individually extracted from the final ROI windows. In the experiments, the effectiveness of the proposed method is demonstrated using several IR images, in which human subjects are captured at a long distance. The average probability of error is shown to be lower than that obtained from other conventional methods such as Gonzalez, Otsu, k-means, and EM methods.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.33-39
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• 2018

In this paper, We studied the possibility of SoC(System On Chip) design using infrared image processing IP(Intellectual Property). And, we studied NUC(Non Uniformity Correction), BPR(Bad Pixel Recovery), and CEM(Contrast Enhancement) processing, the infrared image processing algorithm implemented by IP. We showed the logic and timing diagram implemented through the hardware block designed based on each algorithm. Each algorithm was coded as RTL(Register Transfer Level) using Verilog HDL(Hardware Description Language), ALTERA QUARTUS synthesis, and programed in FPGA(Field Programmable Gated Array). In addition, we have verified that the image data is processed at each algorithm without any problems by integrating the infrared image processing algorithm. Particularly, using the directly manufactured electronic board, Processor, SRAM, and FLASH are interconnected and tested and the verification result is presented so that the SoC type can be realized later. The infrared image processing IP proposed and verified in this study is expected to be of high value in the future SoC semiconductor fabrication. In addition, we have laid the basis for future application in the camera SoC industry.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제38B권9호
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• pp.736-743
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• 2013

적외선 탐색 및 추적 시스템에서 원거리에 표적이 존재할 경우 표적의 크기가 매우 작고, 해무와 같은 클러터와 다양한 센서 잡음으로 인해 표적의 검출이 매우 어렵다. 특히 표적의 화소 값과 유사한 잡음이나 클러터가 존재하는 경우 일반적인 임계화 기법을 적용하는 경우 표적의 오검출 위험이 매우 높다. 이러한 이유로 본 논문에서는 영상의 밝기 정보와 표적에 대한 사전 정보를 이용하여 최적의 표적 검출 결과를 도출하기 위한 적응적 임계화 기법을 제안한다. 소형 표적을 강조하기 위하여 인간 시각 시스템을 반영한 CSF(Contrast Sensitivity Function)를 적용하고, 표적이 강조된 영상에서 영상의 밝기 정보와 거리 정보를 이용하여 표적을 검출한다. 다양한 환경 조건에서 획득된 적외선 영상에 대한 실험 결과들은 제안 알고리즘의 견실한 성능을 보여준다.

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.293-298
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• 2023

The military is facing a continuous decrease in personnel, and in order to cope with potential accidents and challenges in operations, efforts are being made to reduce the direct involvement of personnel by utilizing the latest technologies. Recently, the use of various sensors related to Manned-Unmanned Teaming and artificial intelligence technologies has gained attention, emphasizing the need for flexible utilization methods. In this paper, we propose four dataset construction methods that can be used for effective training of robots that can be deployed in military operations, utilizing not only RGB image data but also data acquired from IR image sensors. Since there is no publicly available dataset that combines RGB and IR image data, we directly acquired the dataset within buildings. The input values were constructed by combining RGB and IR image sensor data, taking into account the field of view, resolution, and channel values of both sensors. We compared the proposed method with conventional RGB image data classification training using the same learning model. By employing the proposed image data fusion method, we observed improved stability in training loss and approximately 3% higher accuracy.