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Image Fusion
The number of sensors on military vehicles is
increasing rapidly, leading to a requirement
for intelligent ways to present information to
the operator without information overload,
while reducing the power consumption,
weight and size of systems.
Military and paramilitary imaging systems
can include sensors sensitive to multiple
wavebands including color visible, intensi-
fied visible, near infrared, thermal infrared
and tera hertz imagers.
Typically, these systems have a single display
that is only capable of showing data from
one camera at a time, so the operator must
choose which image to concentrate on,
or must cycle through the different sensor
outputs. Image fusion is a technique which
allows us to combine the complementary
information from each sensor into a single,
superior image which can be displayed to
the operator. GE Intelligent Platforms offers
a range of real-time, full-frame video fusion
solutions which aim to maximize scene detail
and contrast in the fused output, producing
superior fused image quality with maximized
information content.
The image fusion algorithm embedded
into our systems is a new approach to
multi-scale fusion which benefits from
much faster execution times and reduced
memory overheads. This novel algorithm
gives significantly improved results over the
baseline weighted average algorithm while
still performing in real time on live imagery.
This algorithm has been designed especially
for a low latency, real-time implementation
which is flexible enough to fuse images from
a wide range of sensors.
Our built-in warp engine provides rota-
tion, scaling and translation for each video
source to compensate for image distortion
and misalignment between the imagers,
reducing the need for accurate matching of
Image Fusion.
Image fusion combines multiple sensor inputs into a single, superior image.
imagers with a resulting reduction in overall
system cost.
Compared to existing products (either
software-based with limited performance or
using non-ruggedized hardware) our video
fusion solutions offer greater functionality in
a ruggedized and compact form factor.
Improving tactical understanding by fusing multiple
images into a single intelligent picture.
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