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Paper Abstract
In image formation and recording process, there are many factors that affect sensor performance and image
quality that result in loss of high-frequency information. Two of these common factors are undersampled
sensors and sensor's blurring function. Two image processing algorithms, including super-resolution image
reconstruction and deblur filtering, have been developed based on characterizing the sources of image
degradation from image formation and recording process. In this paper, we discuss the applications of these
two algorithms to three practical thermal imaging systems. First, super-resolution and deblurring are
applied to a longwave uncooled sensor in a missile seeker. Target resolution is improved in the flight phase
of the seeker operation. Second, these two algorithms are applied to a midwave target acquisition sensor for
use in long-range target identification. Third, the two algorithms are applied to a naval midwave distributed
aperture sensor (DAS) for infrared search and track (IRST) system that is dual use in missile detection and
force protection/anti-terrorism applications. In this case, super-resolution and deblurring are used to
improve the resolution of on-deck activity discrimination.
Paper Details
Date Published: 15 April 2008
PDF: 11 pages
Proc. SPIE 6941, Infrared Imaging Systems: Design, Analysis, Modeling, and Testing XIX, 69411E (15 April 2008); doi: 10.1117/12.796420
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 6941:
Infrared Imaging Systems: Design, Analysis, Modeling, and Testing XIX
Gerald C. Holst, Editor(s)
PDF: 11 pages
Proc. SPIE 6941, Infrared Imaging Systems: Design, Analysis, Modeling, and Testing XIX, 69411E (15 April 2008); doi: 10.1117/12.796420
Show Author Affiliations
S. Susan Young, Army Research Lab. (United States)
Richard Sims, AMRDEC (United States)
Keith Kraples, Office of Naval Research (United States)
James Waterman, Naval Research Lab. (United States)
Leslie Smith, Naval Research Lab. (United States)
Richard Sims, AMRDEC (United States)
Keith Kraples, Office of Naval Research (United States)
James Waterman, Naval Research Lab. (United States)
Leslie Smith, Naval Research Lab. (United States)
Eddie Jacobs, Univ. of Memphis (United States)
Ted Corbin, Night Vision & Electronic Sensors Directorate (United States)
Louis Larsen, Night Vision & Electronic Sensors Directorate (United States)
Ronald G. Driggers, Night Vision & Electronic Sensors Directorate (United States)
Ted Corbin, Night Vision & Electronic Sensors Directorate (United States)
Louis Larsen, Night Vision & Electronic Sensors Directorate (United States)
Ronald G. Driggers, Night Vision & Electronic Sensors Directorate (United States)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 6941:
Infrared Imaging Systems: Design, Analysis, Modeling, and Testing XIX
Gerald C. Holst, Editor(s)
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