Multisensor fusion and enhancement using the Retinex image enhancement algorithm

Zia-ur Rahman; Daniel J. Jobson; Glenn A. Woodell; Glenn D. Hines

doi:10.1117/12.477590

30 July 2002 Multisensor fusion and enhancement using the Retinex image enhancement algorithm

Zia-ur Rahman, Daniel J. Jobson, Glenn A. Woodell, Glenn D. Hines

Proceedings Volume 4736, Visual Information Processing XI; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.477590
Event: AeroSense 2002, 2002, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

A new approach to sensor fusion and enhancement is presented. The retinex image enhancement algorithm is used to jointly enhance and fuse data from long wave infrared, short wave infrared and visible wavelength sensors. This joint optimization results in fused data which contains more information than any of the individual data streams. This is especially true in turbid weather conditions, where the long wave infrared sensor would conventionally be the only source of usable information. However, the retinex algorithm can be used to pull out the details from the other data streams as well, resulting in greater overall information. The fusion uses the multiscale nature of the algorithm to both enhance and weight the contributions of the different data streams forming a single output data stream.

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Zia-ur Rahman, Daniel J. Jobson, Glenn A. Woodell, and Glenn D. Hines "Multisensor fusion and enhancement using the Retinex image enhancement algorithm", Proc. SPIE 4736, Visual Information Processing XI, (30 July 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.477590

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