• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.517-529
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• 2009

Many satellite image fusion techniques have been developed in order to produce a high resolution multispectral (MS) image by combining a high resolution panchromatic (PAN) image and a low resolution MS image. Heretofore, most high resolution image fusion techniques have used IKONOS and QuickBird images. Recently, GeoEye-1, offering the highest resolution of any commercial imaging system, was launched. In this study, we have experimented with GeoEye-1 images in order to evaluate which fusion algorithms are suitable for these images. This paper presents compares and evaluates the efficiency of five image fusion techniques, the $\grave{a}$ trous algorithm based additive wavelet transformation (AWT) fusion techniques, the Principal Component analysis (PCA) fusion technique, Gram-Schmidt (GS) spectral sharpening, Pansharp, and the Smoothing Filter based Intensity Modulation (SFIM) fusion technique, for the fusion of a GeoEye-1 image. The results of the experiment show that the AWT fusion techniques maintain more spatial detail of the PAN image and spectral information of the MS image than other image fusion techniques. Also, the Pansharp technique maintains information of the original PAN and MS images as well as the AWT fusion technique.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.497-505
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• 2011

Image fusion is a technical method to integrate the spatial details of the high-resolution panchromatic (HRP) image and the spectral information of low-resolution multispectral (LRM) images to produce high-resolution multispectral images. The most important point in image fusion is enhancing the spatial details of the HRP image and simultaneously maintaining the spectral information of the LRM images. This implies that the physical characteristics of a satellite sensor should be considered in the fusion process. Also, to fuse massive satellite images, the fusion method should have low computation costs. In this paper, we propose a fast and efficient satellite image fusion method. The proposed method uses the spectral response functions of a satellite sensor; thus, it rationally reflects the physical characteristics of the satellite sensor to the fused image. As a result, the proposed method provides high-quality fused images in terms of spectral and spatial evaluations. The experimental results of IKONOS images indicate that the proposed method outperforms the intensity-hue-saturation and wavelet-based methods.

• 한국측량학회지
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• 제31권6_2호
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• pp.593-599
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• 2013

China's Mapping Satellite-1, developed by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), was launched in three years ago. The data from Mapping Satellite-1 are able to use for efficient surveying and geometric mapping application field. In this paper, we fuse the panchromatic and multispectral images of Changchun area, which are obtained from the Mapping Satellite-1, the one that is the Chinese first transmission-type three-dimensional mapping satellite. The four traditional image fusion methods, which are HPF, Mod.IHS, Panshar and wavelet transform, were used to approach for effectively fusing Mapping Satellite-1 remote sensing data. Subsequently we assess the results with some commonly used methods, which are known a subjective qualitative evaluation and quantitative statistical analysis approach. Consequently, we found that the wavelet transform remote sensing image fusion is the optimal in the degree of distortion, the ability of performance of details and image information availability among four methods. To further understand the optimal methods to fuse Mapping Satellite-1 images, an additional study is necessary.

• 한국측량학회지
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• 제36권5호
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• pp.413-422
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• 2018

Many applications using satellite data from high-resolution multispectral sensors require an image fusion step, known as pansharpening, before processing and analyzing the multispectral images when spatial fidelity is crucial. Image fusion methods are to improve images with higher spatial and spectral resolutions by reducing spectral distortion, which occurs on image fusion processing. The image fusion methods can be classified into MRA (Multi-Resolution Analysis) and CSA (Component Substitution Analysis) approaches. To suggest the efficient image fusion method for Pleiades and KOMPSAT (Korea Multi-Purpose Satellite) 3 satellites, this study will evaluate image fusion methods for multispectral and panchromatic images. HPF (High-Pass Filtering), SFIM (Smoothing Filter-based Intensity Modulation), GS (Gram Schmidt), and GSA (Adoptive GS) were selected for MRA and CSA based image fusion methods and applied on multispectral and panchromatic images. Their performances were evaluated using visual and quality index analysis. HPF and SFIM fusion results presented low performance of spatial details. GS and GSA fusion results had enhanced spatial information closer to panchromatic images, but GS produced more spectral distortions on urban structures. This study presented that GSA was effective to improve spatial resolution of multispectral images from Pleiades 1A and KOMPSAT 3.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제37권6_3호
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• pp.1931-1942
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• 2021

최근 고해상도 광학 위성영상의 활용성이 강조되면서 이를 이용한 지표 모니터링 연구가 활발히 수행되고 있다. 그러나 고해상도 위성영상은 낮은 시간 해상도에서 획득되기 때문에 그 활용성에 한계가 있다. 이러한 한계를 보완하기 위해 서로 다른 시간 및 공간 해상도를 갖는 다중 위성영상을 융합해 높은 시공간 해상도의 합성 영상을 생성하는 시공간 자료 융합을 적용할 수 있다. 기존 연구에서는 중저해상도의 위성영상을 대상으로 시공간 융합 모델이 개발되어 왔기 때문에 고해상도 위성영상에 대한 기개발된 융합 모델의 적용성을 평가할 필요가 있다. 이를 위해 이 연구에서는 KOMPSAT-3A 영상과 Sentinel-2 영상을 대상으로 기개발된 시공간 융합 모델의 적용성을 평가하였다. 여기에는 예측을 위해 사용하는 정보가 다른 Enhanced Spatial and Temporal Adaptive Reflectance Fusion Model (ESTARFM)과 Spatial Time-series Geostatistical Deconvolution/Fusion Model (STGDFM)을 적용하였다. 연구 결과, 시간적으로 연속적인 반사율 값을 결합하는 STGDFM의 예측 성능이 ESTARFM 보다 높은 것으로 나타났다. 특히 KOMPSAT 영상의 낮은 시간 해상도로 같은 시기에서 KOMPSAT 및 Sentinel-2 영상을 동시에 획득하기 어려운 경우, STGDFM의 예측 성능 향상이 더욱 크게 나타났다. 본 실험 결과를 통해 연속적인 시간 정보를 결합해 상대적으로 높은 예측 성능을 가지는 STGDFM을 이용해 낮은 재방문 주기로 인한 고해상도 위성영상의 한계를 보완할 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• 한국측량학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국측량학회 2003년도 추계학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.397-402
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• 2003

This study is aimed to improve the quality of image fusion results through shadow effects correction. For this, shadow effects correction algorithm is proposed and visual comparisons have been made to estimate the quality of image fusion results. The following four steps have been performed to improve the image fusion qualify First, the shadow regions of satellite image are precisely located. Subsequently, segmentation of context regions is manually implemented for accurate correction. Next step, to calculate correction factor we compared the context region with the same non-shadow context region. Finally, image fusion is implemented using collected images. The result presented here helps to accurately extract and interpret geo-spatial information from satellite imagery.

• 한국측량학회지
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.517-526
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• 2015

Among the various image fusion or pan-sharpening methods, those wavelet-based methods provide superior radiometric quality. However, the fusion processing is not only simple but also flexible, since many low- and high-frequency sub-bands are often produced in the wavelet domain. To address this issue, a novel DT-CWT (Dual-Tree Complex Wavelet Transform) proportional to the fusion method by a WZP (Wavelet Zero-Padding) is proposed. The proposed method produces a single high-frequency image in the spatial domain that is injected into the LRM (Low-Resolution Multispectral) image. Thus, a wavelet domain fusion can be simplified to spatial domain fusion. In addition, in the proposed DT-CWTP (DT-CWT Proportional) fusion method, it is unnecessary to decompose the LRM image by adopting WZP. The comparison indicates that the proposed fusion method is nearly five times faster than the DT-CWT with SW (Substitute-Wavelet) fusion method, meanwhile simultaneously maintaining the radiometric quality. The conducted experiments with WorldView-2 satellite images demonstrated promising results with the computation efficiency and fused image quality.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제35권6_4호
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• pp.1363-1372
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• 2019

본 연구에서는 영상융합 기법을 적용하여 고해상 다분광 영상을 제작할 때 요구되는 융합 파라미터를 분석하고, 하나의 값으로 대표될 수 있는 융합 파라미터를 제시하고자 하였다. 이를 위하여, 한반도 영역을 촬영한 115장의 KOMPSAT-3A 영상을 대상으로 전정색 영상을 모사할 수 있는 선형회귀계수와, 융합영상 제작에 요구되는 융합계수를 분석하였으며, 대표 선형회귀계수와 대표 융합계수를 제시하였다. 대표 융합 파라미터를 사용하여 융합영상을 제작하였을 때, 각 융합영상 간 DN값의 차이가 최적의 융합 파라미터를 사용하였을 때보다 정량적으로 감소함을 확인하였다. 따라서 본 연구는 융합영상 제작에 반영되는 지역적 특성을 최소화할 수 있는 것으로, 융합영상을 하나의 제품 측면에서 제공할 때 활용 가치가 높다.

• 대한지리학회지
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• 제47권2호
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• pp.282-296
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• 2012

본 연구는 해안지역의 지속 가능한 개발과 보존을 위하여 고해상도 위성영상의 활용을 극대화하는데 그 목적이 있다. 이를 위해 다목적 실용위성 2호 영상 자료를 이용하여 빌딩추출에 가장 적합한 영상 융합기법을 제시하고 분석하였으며, 이와 함께 기존에 널리 사용되어오던 화소 기반한 영상분석과 최근 고해상도 위성영상 활용의 증가와 함께 관심을 받고 있는 지리객체 기반한 영상분석을 비교하여 고해상도 영상에 적합한 지리정보추출 기법을 탐색 하였다. 본 연구에서 제안된 분석방법과 평가 방법들은, 향후 발사 예정인 다목적 실용위성 3호와 그 외 고해상도 위성영상을 이용한 해안지역의 지리정보 추출에 효과적으로 사용될 것이다.

• 대한원격탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한원격탐사학회 2003년도 Proceedings of ACRS 2003 ISRS
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• pp.519-521
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• 2003

Within the paper an approach for the automatic extraction and reconstruction of buildings in urban built-up areas base on fusion of high-resolution satellite image and LIDAR data is presented. The presented data fusion scheme is essentially motivated by the fact that image and range data are quite complementary. Raised urban objects are first segmented from the terrain surface in the LIDAR data by making use of the spectral signature derived from satellite image, afterwards building potential regions are initially detected in a hierarchical scheme. A novel 3D building reconstruction model is also presented based on the assumption that most buildings can be approximately decomposed into polyhedral patches. With the constraints of presented building model, 3D edges are used to generate the hypothesis and follow the verification processes and a subsequent logical processing of the primitive geometric patches leads to 3D reconstruction of buildings with good details of shape. The approach is applied on the test sites and shows a good performance, an evaluation is described as well in the paper.