Infrared resolution and contrast enhancement with fusion
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1. An imaging system, comprising:
- an infrared (IR) imaging device configured to capture an IR image representing a scene;
a visual imaging device configured to capture a visual image of at least a portion of the scene, wherein optical axes of the IR imaging device and the visual imaging device are located at a distance and an angle from each other; and
a processor configured to;
align the IR image with the visual image at least by compensating for a parallax and/or pointing errors due to the optical axes being located at the distance and the angle;
locate contours and/or edges from the visual image to obtain image data representing the located contours and/or edges; and
modify a luminance component of the IR image based on the image data representing the located contours and/or edges from the visual image to enhance the IR image.
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to combination of images. A method according to an embodiment comprises: receiving a visual image and an infrared (IR) image of a scene and for a portion of said IR image extracting high spatial frequency content from a corresponding portion of said visual image. The method according to the embodiment further comprises combining said extracted high spatial frequency content from said portion of the visual image with said portion of the IR image, to generate a combined image, wherein the contrast and/or resolution in the portion of the IR image is increased compared to the contrast and/or resolution of said received IR image.
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1. An imaging system, comprising:
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an infrared (IR) imaging device configured to capture an IR image representing a scene; a visual imaging device configured to capture a visual image of at least a portion of the scene, wherein optical axes of the IR imaging device and the visual imaging device are located at a distance and an angle from each other; and a processor configured to; align the IR image with the visual image at least by compensating for a parallax and/or pointing errors due to the optical axes being located at the distance and the angle; locate contours and/or edges from the visual image to obtain image data representing the located contours and/or edges; and modify a luminance component of the IR image based on the image data representing the located contours and/or edges from the visual image to enhance the IR image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 18)
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9. A method, comprising:
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receiving an infrared (IR) image representing a scene, wherein the IR image is captured by an IR imaging device; receiving a visual image of at least a portion of the scene, wherein the visual image is captured by a visual imaging device; aligning the IR image with the visual image, wherein the aligning compensates for a parallax and/or pointing errors caused by optical axes of the IR and visual imaging devices that are located at a distance and an angle from each other; locating contours and/or edges from the visual image to obtain image data representing the located contours and/or edges; and modifying the IR image based on the image data representing the located contours and/or edges from the visual image to enhance the IR image. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19)
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