한국항공우주학회지 (Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences)

  • 제50권1호
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  • Pages.39-45
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  • 2022
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  • 1225-1348(pISSN)
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  • 2287-6871(eISSN)
한국항공우주학회 (The Korean Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences)
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항공탑재 EO/IR의 영상떨림을 고려한 영상기반 자동 초점조절 기법 연구

A Study on the Image Based Auto-focus Method Considering Jittering of Airborne EO/IR

  • 투고 : 2021.09.16
  • 심사 : 2021.12.07
  • 발행 : 2022.01.01
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본 논문에서는 타겟과의 거리 및 EO/IR 장비 내부 온도정보를 이용한 전통적인 방식의 초점조절 방식의 단점을 보완할 수 있는 향상된 영상기반 초점 조절 기법을 제안하였다. 영상기반 초점조절시 카메라시선의 흔들림에 의해 동일한 표적으로 시선을 지향하지 못해 영상의 다른 영역에 초점 윈도우를 설정함으로 인해 정확한 초점 값을 계산할 수 없게 된다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위해 영상추적 기법을 적용하여 동일한 위치에 포커스 윈도우가 설정되도록 하여 최적의 초점위치 탐색 정확도를 향상시키고자 하였다. 또한 동일한 초점위치에서 플랫폼의 진동이나 흔들림 그리고 대기환경에 의한 영상 불안정으로 인해 동일한 초점 값이 계산되지 않기 때문에 인접프레임 중에 보다 안정적인 상태에서 획득된 프레임을 선택함으로써 국부최대값(Lcoal maxima) 빠지지 않고 최적의 초점 위치를 찾는 기법을 제안하였다.

In this paper, we propose methods to improve image-based auto-focus that can compensate for drawbacks of traditional auto-focus control. When adjusting the focus, there is a problem that the focus window cannot be set to the same position if the camera's LOS is not directed at the same location and flow or shake. To address this issue, we applied image tracking techniques to improve optimal focus localization accuracy. And also, although the same focus value should be calculated at the same focus step, but different values can be calculated by camera's fine shaking or image disturbance due to atmospheric scattering. To tackle this problem a SAFS (Stable Adjacency Frame Selection) has been proposed. As a result of this study, our proposed methodology shows more accurate than traditional methods in terms of finding best focus position.

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