Data Sheet

GE
Intelligent Platforms
IMP20
Video Processing Mezzanine Card
Features
• AddonmodulefortheADEPT104and
AIM12automaticvideotrackersto
providethecardswithasupplementary
imagefusioncapability
• Real-time,full-frame,multi-resolution
imagefusion;whichaimstomaximize
scenedetailandcontrastinthefused
output
• Builtinwarpenginetoproviderotation,
scaleandtranslationforeachvideosource
to compensate for image distortion and
misalignmentbetweenthevideosources
• CompositeorS-video(Y/C)inputsand
outputs,compliantwithPALorNTSC
colourencodingandtiming
• Rugged,commercial,off-the-shelf
(COTS)product
• Compactandlightweight
Thenumberofsensorsonmilitary
vehiclesisincreasingrapidlyleadingtoa
requirementforintelligentwaystopres-
entinformationtotheoperatorwithout
informationoverload,whilereducingthe
powerconsumption,weightandsizeof
systems.Militaryandparamilitaryimag-
ingsystemscanincludesensorssensitive
tomultiplewavebandsincludingcolour
visible,intensifiedvisible,nearinfrared,
thermalinfraredandteraHertzimag-
ers.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.
TheIMP20isanadd-onmoduleforGE
IntelligentPlatforms’ADEPT104andAIM12
automaticvideotrackerboardsprovid-
ingthemwithanimagefusioncapability.
Theresultisaverysmall,lightweightand
lowpowerconsumptionsystemfordetec-
tion,tracking,stabilizationandimage
fusion.TheIMP20mayberetrofittedto
manyexistingsystemstoaddfusion
capability.Theunitmayalsobeusedas
astandalonefusionmodulebytheaddi-
tionofasmallI/Omezzaninecard.
TheIMP20offersintelligent,real-time,
full-frame,multi-resolutionimagefusion;
whichaimstomaximizescenedetailand
contrastinthefusedoutput,produc-
ingsuperiorfusedimagequalitywith
maximizedinformationcontent.Theimage
fusionalgorithmembeddedintotheIMP20
isanewapproachtomulti-scalefusion
whichbenefitsfrommuchfasterexecution
timesandreducedmemoryoverheads.
TheIMP20’snovelalgorithmgivessignifi-
cantlyimprovedresultsoverthebaseline
weightedaveragealgorithmwhilestill
performinginrealtimeonliveimagery.
It’s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imagerswitharesulting
reductioninoverallsystemcost.
ThecombinationoftheIMP20imagefusion
modulewitheithertheADEPT104orAIM12
automaticvideotrackersresultsinthemost
powerfulandcompactruggedizedreal-time
videoimageprocessingsystemontheopen
market.Comparedtoexistingproducts
(eithersoftware-basedwithlimitedperfor-
manceorusingnon-ruggedizedhardware)
theIMP20offersgreaterfunctionalityin
aruggedizedandcompactformfactor.