Title
Method for applying daytime colors to nighttime imagery in realtime
Author
Hogervorst, M.A.
Toet, A.
Contributor
Dasarathy, B.V. (editor)
Publication year
2008
Abstract
We present a fast and efficient method to derive and apply natural colors to nighttime imagery from multiband sensors. The color mapping is derived from the combination of a multiband image and a corresponding natural color reference image. The mapping optimizes the match between the multiband image and the reference image, and yields a nightvision image with colors similar to that of the daytime image. The mapping procedure is simple and fast. Once it has been derived the color mapping can be deployed in realtime. Different color schemes can be used tailored to the environment and the application. The expectation is that by displaying nighttime imagery in natural colors human observers will be able to interpret the imagery better and faster, thereby improving situational awareness and reducing reaction times.
Subject
Multisensory perception
Images
Visualization
False color
Image fusion
Lookup tables
Natural color
Realtime fusion
Image fusion
Multi agent systems
Optimization
Real time systems
Table lookup
Color mapping
False color
Multiband sensors
Natural color
Realtime fusion
Color image processing
To reference this document use:
http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:39be4587-bafb-47ff-a11d-ea679d8eee79
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1117/12.776648
TNO identifier
19152
Publisher
The International Society for Optical Engineering, Bellingham, WA, USA
Source
Multisensor, Multisource Information Fusion: Architectures, Algorithms, and Applications 2008 , 18 March 2008 through 20 March 2008, Orlando, FL, 72013, 6974 (6974)
Document type
conference paper