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http://dx.doi.org/10.9766/KIMST.2019.22.2.162

TEC-less Thermal Image Processing Method for Small Arms  

Kwak, Dongmin (The 5th Research and Development Institute, Agency for Defense Development)
Yoon, Joohong (The 5th Research and Development Institute, Agency for Defense Development)
Yang, Dongwon (The 5th Research and Development Institute, Agency for Defense Development)
Lee, Yonghun (The 5th Research and Development Institute, Agency for Defense Development)
Seo, Yongseok (The 5th Research and Development Institute, Agency for Defense Development)
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Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology / v.22, no.2, 2019 , pp. 162-169 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper describes a thermal image processing algorithm for uncooled type TEC-less IR detector which is applicable to fire control system of small arms. We implemented a real-time gain and offset compensation algorithm based on polynomial approximation from the raw dataset which is acquired by two reference temperature of blackbody from various FPA(Focal Plane Array) temperature. Through the experiment, we analyzed the output characteristics of detector's raw-data and compared IR image quality to traditional non-uniformity correction method. It shows that the proposed method works well in all FPA temperature range with low residual non-uniformity.
Keywords
IR Image Processing; Non Uniformity Correction; TEC-less IR Detector;
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