A TRANSPLANTABLE COMPENSATION SCHEME FOR THE EFFECT OF THE RADIANCE FROM THE INTERIOR OF A CAMERA ON THE ACCURACY OF TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT

Radiance coming from the interior of an uncooled infrared camera has a significant effect on the measured value of the temperature of the object. This paper presents a three-phase compensation scheme for coping with this effect. The first phase acquires the calibration data and forms the calibration function by least square fitting. Likewise, the second phase obtains the compensation data and builds the compensation function by fitting. With the aid of these functions, the third phase determines the temperature of the object in concern from any given ambient temperature. It is known that acquiring the compensation data of a camera is very time-consuming. For the purpose of getting the compensation data at a reasonable time cost, we propose a transplantable scheme. The idea of this scheme is to calculate the ratio between the central pixel’s responsivity of the child camera to the radiance from the interior and that of the mother camera, followed by determining the compensation data of the child camera using this ratio and the compensation data of the mother camera Experimental results show that either of the child camera and the mother camera can measure the temperature of the object with an error of no more than 2°C.     

Infrared Image Series Automatic Registration and a History & Tendency Analysis

Infrared camera has been widely used in electrical power systems for predictive and preventive thermal fault diagnosis. Without historical IR images being considered, most thermograph analysis used at present are concerned with static image. The dynamic history and tendency analysis which compares the newly taken image with historical images is particularly attractive. Conclusions can be drawn from temperature variations rather than just from anomalous thermal pattern. However the spatial distortions prevent such dynamic analysis from being practicable. So the need to register infrared images arises. This paper proposes an automatic registration algorithm based on closed temperature contour matching for infrared image series of a target equipment taken at different times. Centroid Distance Function is used in image registration for the first time. The algorithm can remove spatial distortions, bring temperature variations into prominence and endow infrared camera with dynamic analysis ability. Experiment shows that the algorithm is simple, effective and extensible.     

Determination of Interior Surface Temperature Using Luminance Measurement of Thermochromic Liquid Crystals

This paper presents a new method to measure interior surface temperature distributions. An image-resolved luminance measurement camera is used to capture light transmitted through thermochromic liquid crystals (TLC). These crystals change their optical properties with temperature. The experiments clearly show a unique relationship between temperature and the luminance value of the TLC. A calibration function is detected to transform the measured luminance distribution into corresponding temperatures. The developed method is applied to a model of an automotive headlamp. The data are compared with results obtained by using standard techniques such as infrared camera and thermocouple measurement. By that, a reasonable accuracy of the developed method of about ± 0.7°C can be determined. Knowing the temperature on both inner and outer surfaces, the heat transfer can be evaluated.     

Digital image correlation for large deformation applied in Ti alloy compression and tension test

In this paper, digital speckle correlation is used in the measurement of Ti alloy compression and tension test. The key technologies applied in the measurement are discussed in detail, including camera calibration with telephoto lens and digital image correlation in large deformation. Single camera self-calibration algorithm based on photogrammetry is proposed. In the algorithm, the interior parameters of camera are estimated without calibrated object, using the bundle adjustment technique, so the 3-D coordinates of calibration target points are not needed in advance to get a reliable camera calibration result. An updating reference image scheme could be employed to deal with large deformation situation. A large deformation measurement scheme, updating reference image scheme, is proposed in this paper. The un-deformed image is used as reference in correlation at first. Only for extremely large deformation field, in which iteration of correlation is not convergent, the reference image is updated to the image of previous deformed stage. Using this method, not only extremely large deformation can be measured successfully but also the accumulated error could be controlled. The 75 mm lens is calibrated in the measurement and compared the result with extensometer and un-calibrated image. Experimental results show that up to 150% tensile deformation and 50% compression deformation can be measured successfully.     

适应积分时间调整的红外图像非均匀性校正方法

针对应用常规红外图像非均匀性校正方法在变积分时间时,图像灰度值会发生改变的现象,提出了一种适应积分时间调整的红外图像非均匀性校正方法.该方法将不同积分时间、不同温度的黑体定标数据和对应的理论红外辐射量整合为一个整体数据库,借助神经网络损失函数和误差反向传递机制,对模型中的校正系数进行学习.训练得到的校正网络能在红外相机积分时间实时调整过程中,保证图像均匀地稳定输出,对后端红外图像处理有着重要意义,并验证训练该网络不需要大量定标数据.而针对红外探测器响应漂移的现象,则提出了在线修正校正系数的方法以有效应对.     

CBERS-02B星HR相机内方位元的在轨标定方法

遥感相机内方位元素的在轨标定对遥感图像的定位和测量具有重要意义.利用线阵推扫传感器构像模型,提出了一种对CBERS-02B星HR相机内方位元素进行在轨标定的方法.该方法以内方位元素和姿态角为未知参数,建立地面控制点和相应像点的共线方程组,通过解算共线方程组获得内方位元素.实验证明,用该方法对内方位元素进行在轨标定,具有...     

基于灰度聚类算法的红外图像增强研究

根据红外灰度图像的特点，提出了一种基于K-均值聚类的图像增强的新算法。该算法首先根据具体图像确定K值，其次对红外图像的辐射温度数据进行统计学习，把不同温度值按升序排列，然后按等差原则选取温度值作为初始聚类中心，再依据初始聚类中心采用K-均值聚类算法对温度进行聚类，最后由聚类结果对图像进行自适应增强。通过对红外灰度图像进行实验，得到了满意的结果: 对比直方图均衡，具有更丰富的图像细节信息和层次感，视觉效果更好。     

一种红外与可见光融合的“双双目”立体视觉系统的标定方法研究

针对红外相机与可见光相机联合标定的问题,利用不同物体红外辐出度的差异,设计了可同时应用于红外相机与可见光相机标定的平面靶标。利用"最大稳定极值区域"(MSER)算法,检测靶标的镂空深色区域。为克服图像可能存在较大畸变的问题,通过相邻最大稳定极值区域质心的位置关系预估角点所在位置,在预估位置内进行角点检测,提取用于标定的亚像素角点位置。结果表明:新型靶标及相应的角点提取方法能够同时满足于红外相机与可见光相机内外参数标定的需要。通过红外与可见光"双双目"立体视觉系统的融合重构效果可看出,提供的标定数据能够满足系统需求。     

空间相机内部隔热板的性能优化方法

针对空间相机内部隔热板起到隔离入射太阳光影响相机内部光学结构的作用,其厚度较小,一般不采用额外的散热措施,入射太阳光能量作用其上会引起较大的温升,温度增加的不均匀会增加相机内部的红外杂散辐射,提出一套完整的隔热板厚度优化方法。在保证隔热板体积不变的前提下,利用仿生优化原理,根据隔热板各处的温度梯度差异调整隔热板的厚度。对优化出的隔热板厚度函数进行高斯滤波处理,使隔热板的厚度变化均匀,便于加工。通过对比优化前后的温度场与红外场,发现优化后最高温度降低了3.8℃,其3 m ~5 m,8 m~12 m波段的红外辐出度降低了15%,该优化方法可以作为内部杂散辐射的抑制手段与其他方法一起实施。     

机器视觉疲劳裂纹扩展试验摄像头自动聚焦方法

在机器视觉疲劳裂纹扩展试验中,为了能够满足对裂纹宏观观察裂纹和准确定位裂纹尖端的要求,需要采用变焦镜头放大和缩小采集图像范围,针对于摄像头变焦后的聚焦问题,提出了摄像头的自动聚焦方法。首先建立图像采集系统,采集裂纹图像至计算机,通过中值滤波对图像预处理,去除噪声干扰,选取裂纹区域作为聚焦窗口,采用Laplace算子法作为清晰度评价函数,并提出一种变步长穷举法进行聚焦搜索。最后设计了以ARM7为核心的摄像头运动控制器。实验表明,所提出的方法能够实现疲劳裂纹扩展试验中摄像头在各种情况下的准确自动聚焦,为下一步精确测量疲劳裂纹扩展参数奠定基础。     

ADV212在大视场多光谱TDICCD空间相机中的应用

针对空间多光谱相机中CCD输出数据量大、谱段间冗余小和行频可变等导致常见基于矢量量化、预测和变换编码的整体压缩方案硬件实现困难的问题,提出了一种基于ADV212的空间相机图像压缩方案。依据ADV212工作原理和CCD图像特点,提出了Custom-specific工作模式,在该模式下,使用提出的图像帧和中断处理策略,并以流水线作业的方式实现单片ADV212处理8通道CCD图像;分析了影响图像压缩质量的2个参数,提出了(10,5)量化步长设置方法,使码率控制误差减小了16.385%;使用地检设备对ADV212压缩系统进行了试验验证。结果表明,压缩系统能快速稳定地工作,在压缩比指标2∶1～32∶1内,PSNR均在30dB以上,与传统方法相比,在正常工作压缩比为1bpp时平均PSNR提高了2.49dB。有效的解决了整体压缩方案硬件实现困难的问题。     

Analysis of the features and reconstruction of a high resolution infrared image based on a multi-aperture imaging system

Infrared images of good quality are strictly important for such applications as targets detection, tracking and identifying. Traditional single aperture infrared imaging system brings in some defects for its imaging scheme. Multi-aperture imaging system shows promising characteristic of improving image quality and reducing size of optical instruments. We reconstruct a high resolution infrared image from the low resolution sub-images collected by the compact multi-aperture imaging system. A novel reconstruction method called pixels closely arrange (PCA) is proposed based on analyzing the compound eye imaging process, and this method is verified in a simulated 3D infrared scene to capture sub-images. An evaluation of the reconstructed image quality is presented to discuss the significant factors that affect the final result. Experimental results show that the PCA method can be efficiently applied to the multi-aperture infrared imaging system as long as the structure of the micro-lens array is specifically designed to be adaptive to the infrared focal plane array (IFPA).     

An infrared image super-resolution reconstruction method based on compressive sensing

Limited by the properties of infrared detector and camera lens, infrared images are often detail missing and indistinct in vision. The spatial resolution needs to be improved to satisfy the requirements of practical application. Based on compressive sensing (CS) theory, this thesis presents a single image super-resolution reconstruction (SRR) method. With synthetically adopting image degradation model, difference operation-based sparse transformation method and orthogonal matching pursuit (OMP) algorithm, the image SRR problem is transformed into a sparse signal reconstruction issue in CS theory. In our work, the sparse transformation matrix is obtained through difference operation to image, and, the measurement matrix is achieved analytically from the imaging principle of infrared camera. Therefore, the time consumption can be decreased compared with the redundant dictionary obtained by sample training such as K-SVD. The experimental results show that our method can achieve favorable performance and good stability with low algorithm complexity.     

基于EPICS的颗粒传热实验测控系统应用研究

颗粒传热实验测控系统是为颗粒换热平台设计的测控系统。该系统基于分布式系统EPICS架构设计,通过对NI硬件平台、红外热像仪设备以及Oracle数据库进行集成,实现了颗粒换热平台实验的在线采集、监测、控制与实时存储。由于红外热像仪具有灵敏度高、测温范围广、非接触测温等优点,因此在该测控系统中用于测量颗粒在换热器出口处的温度。本文使用SDK将其集成到EPICS系统中,利用红外图像更加直观地呈现出颗粒的实时温度分布,并提取红外图像中的数据,与热电偶的测量数据对比,进一步检测利用红外热像仪作为一种颗粒实时温度测量设备的可行性。实验结果表明,集成后的红外热像仪操作软件能够实时提取并存储红外图像中的温度数值,并且采用EPICS架构设计、开发的颗粒传热实验测控系统完全可以满足颗粒换热平台的数据采集与存储需求。     

光学低通滤波器的频率特性和光谱特性

光学低通滤波器是利用石英晶体的双折射效应和红外截止滤光片设计而成的。它在CCD摄像机传感器前可以有效地降低或消除离散光电探测器对不同空间频率目标成像所产生的拍频效应或条纹混叠现象,并能消除红外光对彩色还原的影响,从而提高了CCD摄像机成像的视觉效果。     

DMA在高速红外图像实时处理系统中的应用

针对某红外成像定位系统对红外序列图像处理和诸如图像去噪、非均匀性校正、图像自适应分割、图像测量、数模解算等算法的实时性能要求，提出采用DSP DMA（存储器直接访问）方式处理系统中的转移和大量交换高效方案。以AD21062和EP1C6组成的数字图像处理系统为例，介绍DMA操作在高速红外实时图像处理系统中的应用，并给出具体的设计。实验表明，该设计方案可以使DSP从大量的数据搬移操作中解脱出来，专门的图像处理算法操作能够有效地提高数字图像处理系统的实时性，解决了系统的瓶颈问题。     

基于无人机红外光谱技术的影像数据匹配方法研究

无人机加载红外光谱载荷对区域内影像进行获取现已成为遥感领域一种重要的技术手段,可通过对携带位置信息的影像进行分类提取,得到植被盖度、温度指数等一系列因子指标。利用FREE BIRD(自由鸟)小型低空无人机系统挂载Tetracam红外相机(310万像素)对新疆玛纳斯县一河道进行影像获取。无人机飞行面积约为20.5 km2,为了得到更加精确的植被、温度等因子,需要对无人机红外影像进行配准,通过优化SIFT匹配参数和RANSAC粗差剔除后,获取了可靠的匹配结果,即经过算法匹配后的影像与原影像进行了误差比对,能够满足后期的应用需要, 这也是本文的创新点之一。将影像进行配准后进行二维影像拼接,将多张红外影像按照航向重叠度不低于60%,旁向重叠度不低于50%的概率进行拼接,得到拼接后的红外影像图。另外比较了SIFT和SUFT两种算法,利用优化的SIFT算法及改进的FLIR传感器获取1 600张热红外影像,利用地面同步测量数据对拼接后的红外影像进行算法匹配,并利用ENVI(完整的遥感图像处理平台)软件进行温度及植被盖度的影像反演,得到了研究区域的单一影像及红外影像的温度反演图及植被反演图。通过对两种算法的对比得到更加优化的算法模型,并对该模型进行回归分析和精度检验,得到该模型的相关系数R2为0.767,匹配精度为81.51%,模型精度较高。本模型的建立对日后无人机红外影像的配准及提取反演奠定了理论和实践基础。     

Infrared image enhancement with learned features

Due to the variation of imaging environment and limitations of infrared imaging sensors, infrared images usually have some drawbacks: low contrast, few details and indistinct edges. Hence, to promote the applications of infrared imaging technology, it is essential to improve the qualities of infrared images. To enhance image details and edges adaptively, we propose an infrared image enhancement method under the proposed image enhancement scheme. On the one hand, on the assumption of high-quality image taking more evident structure singularities than low-quality images, we propose an image enhancement scheme that depends on the extractions of structure features. On the other hand, different from the current image enhancement algorithms based on deep learning networks that try to train and build the end-to-end mappings on improving image quality, we analyze the significance of first layer in Stacked Sparse Denoising Auto-encoder and propose a novel feature extraction for the proposed image enhancement scheme. Experiment results prove that the novel feature extraction is free from some artifacts on the edges such as blocking artifacts, “gradient reversal”, and pseudo contours. Compared with other enhancement methods, the proposed method achieves the best performance in infrared image enhancement.     

Application of the flash method to rods and tubes

The flash method is the most used technique to measure the thermal diffusivity of solids. It consists of heating the front face of an opaque slab by a short light pulse and detecting the temperature evolution at its rear surface, from which the thermal diffusivity is retrieved. In this paper we extend the classical flash method to be used with rods and tubes. First, the temperature evolution of the surface temperature of solid and hollow cylinders is calculated. Then, experimental measurements of a set of stainless steel samples using an infrared camera confirm the validity of the method.     

多角度偏振成像仪遥感图像太阳耀斑区的拖尾校正方法

为了有效校正星载偏振相机成像时太阳耀斑区产生的拖尾,以高分五号卫星多角度偏振成像仪为例,结合多角度偏振成像仪在轨成像特点,理论分析了图像获取过程中拖尾产生的机理.建立了光斑区不含饱和像元情况下能够有效对漏光拖尾进行校正的矩阵法与暗行法校正模型,以及光斑区全像元饱和情况下结合矩阵法与暗行法估计光斑区饱和像元强度的遗留拖尾校正模型,该算法充分考虑了强光饱和条件下太阳耀斑区产生的漏光拖尾与遗留拖尾.利用实验室积分球光源成像光斑模拟在轨运行时遥感图像太阳耀斑开展拖尾校正方法可行性验证实验.实验结果表明,该方法不仅能有效去除图像中的拖尾噪声,提高图像质量,而且能够对光斑饱和像元强度进行有效估计.最后,分析多角度偏振成像仪在轨成像图中耀斑区拖尾对其辐亮度测量精度的影响,分析结果表明,拖尾校正前后,灰度方差由202.69×10^6下降至2.32×10^6,平均梯度由5.08×10^-1下降至2.26×10^-1.