• Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies
• /
• v.8 no.4
• /
• pp.14-23
• /
• 2005

This paper proposes a method for matching two different images, especially satellite images. In the general image matching fields, when an image is compared to other image, they may have different properties on the size, contents, brightness, etc. If there is no noise in each image, in other words, they have identical pixel level and unchanged edges, the image matching method will be simple comparison between two images with pixel by pixel. However, in many applications, most of images to be matched should have much different properties. This paper proposes an efficient method for matching satellite images. This method is to match a raw satellite image with GCP chips. From this we can make a geometrically corrected image. The proposed method is based on wavelet transformation, not required any pre-processing such as histogram equalization, analysis of raw image like the traditional methods.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
• /
• v.25 no.4
• /
• pp.445-458
• /
• 2008

Image chain analysis of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite is one of the primary activities for satellite design because SAR image quality depends on spacecraft bus performance as well as SAR payload. Especially, satellite pointing and stability error make worst effect on the original SAR image quality which is implemented by SAR payload design. In this research, Image chain analysis S/W was developed in order to analyze the SAR image quality degradation due to satellite pointing and stability error. This S/W consists of orbit model, attitude control model, SAR payload model, clutter model, and SAR processor. SAR raw data, which includes total 25 point targets in the scene of $5km{\times}5km$ swath width, was generated and then processed for analysis. High resolution mode (spotlight), of which resolution is 1m, was applied. The results of image chain analysis show that radiometric accuracy is the most degraded due to the pointing error. Therefore, the successful design of attitude control subsystem in spacecraft bus for enhancing the pointing accuracy is most important for image quality.

• Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
• /
• 2007.03a
• /
• pp.251-256
• /
• 2007

FY-2C 위성은 2004년 10월 발사되어 동경 105도 에 서 운영 중인 중국의 정지 궤도 기상위성 이며 관측 영상은 한반도 지역을 포함하고 있다. 현재 FY-2C S-VISSR2.0[l]에 대한 Navigation 알고리즘이 공개되어 있지 않으며，Navigation을 위하여 S-VISSR2.0에 포함되어 있는 Simplified Mapping Block 정보를 사용하여야 한다. Simplified Mapping Block은 5도 간격의 정보만을 제 공하므로 관측 지 역 의 모든 좌표에 대한 Navigation 정보를 얻기 위해서는 보간볍을 사용하여야 한다. 그러나 보간법은 기준 점에서 멀어질수록 오차가 크게 나타날 수 있다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 모든 좌표에 대한 Navigation 정보를 얻을 수 있는 MTSAT Image Navigation 알고리즘을 FY-2C S-VISSR2.0에 적용하여 Simplified Mapping Block과의 차이를 분석하였다. 분석 방법은 Simplified Mapping Block과 MTSAT Image Navigation[2] 알고리즘을 5도 간격의 격자 점(위경도)에서 Column 및 Line 값 비교， Geo-location된 영상의 품질 비교，WDB2 Map Data의 Coast Line과의 비교를 수행하였다. 분석 결과 격자 점에서의 Column, Line 값은 0.5 이내의 차이 값을 나타내었다. 그리고 Geo-location된 영상 비교에서는 격자 점 주변에서 영상의 차이가 없으나 격자 점에서 멸어질수록 영상의 품질은 MTSAT Image Navigation 알고리즘으로 생성한 영상이 더 우수하였다. WDB2 Map Data의 Coast Line과의 비교에서 오차는 동일하게 발생하였으며，영상의 Column 축에 대한 오차는 평균 1.847 Pixel, 최대 6 Pixel, 최소 oPixel 이며， Line 축에 대한 오차는 평균 0.135 Pixel, 최대 4 Pixel, 최소 0 Pixel을 나타내었다.

• Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
• /
• v.1
• /
• pp.216-219
• /
• 2006

This paper analyzes on LHGS (LRIT/HRIT Generation Subsystem) processing timeline for COMS LHGS design. The LHGS shall transmit LRIT/HRIT (Low Rate Information Transmission/ High Rate Information Transmission) data to the users within 15 minutes after the end of the image acquisition. So, this paper performs experiment using MTSAT-1R LRIT/HRIT (11 days) and calculates minimum LHGS processing time. Only HRIT FD (Full Disk) image is considered in this paper because data size of HRIT FD image is the largest. As a result of experiment, COMS LHGS should be able to receive MI Level 1B product within 157 seconds at least.

• Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
• /
• 2006.03a
• /
• pp.394-397
• /
• 2006

본 논문에서는 일본의 정지궤도 위성인 MTSAT(Multi-functional Transport Satellite)-1R의 HRIT/LRIT(High Rate Information Transmission/Low Rate Information Transmission) 데이터의 특성 및 오차를 분석하였다. HRIT/LRIT 데이터를 수신하여 영상을 추출하고, 추출한 영상에 ITU(International Telecommunication Union)의 Space Radiocommunications Stations(이하 SDS) CD에 있는 Map 데이터를 겹쳐서 실제 해안선과의 차이를 계산하였다. 분석을 위하여 10일간의 HRIT/LRIT 수신 데이터를 사용하였고 분석한 결과 MTSAT-1R 위성의 HRIT VIS 영상의 평균오차는 Line 4.42 Pixel, Column 0.66 Pixel, LRIT IR1 영상의 평균오차는 Line 1.05 Pixel, Column 0.19 Pixel인 것을 알 수 있었다.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
• /
• v.19 no.3
• /
• pp.191-200
• /
• 2003

Remote sensing division of satellite technology research center (SaTReC) , Korea advanced institute of science and technology (KAIST) has developed a ground receiving and processing system for high resolution satellite images. The developed system will be adapted and operated to receive, process and distributes images acquired from of the second Korean Multi-purpose Satellite (KOMPSAT-2), which will be launched in 2004. This project had initiated to develop and Koreanize the state-of-the-art technologies for the ground receiving system for high resolution remote sensing images, which range from direct ingestion of image data to the distribution of products through precise image correction. During four years development from Dec. 1998 until Aug. 2002, the system had been verified in various ways including real operation of custom-made systems such as a prototype system for SPOT and a commercialized system for KOMPSAT-1. Currently the system is under customization for installation at KOMPSAT-2 ground station. In this paper, we present accomplished work and future work.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
• /
• v.38 no.2
• /
• pp.167-177
• /
• 2022

In order to obtain satellite image products using the image transmitted to the ground station after capturing the satellite images, many image pre/post-processing steps are involved. During the pre/post-processing, when converting from level 1R images to level 1G images, geometric correction is essential. An interpolation method necessary for geometric correction is inevitably used, and the quality of the level 1G images is determined according to the accuracy of the interpolation method. Also, it is crucial to speed up the interpolation algorithm by the level processor. In this paper, we proposed a lightweight CNN-based interpolation method required for geometric correction when converting from level 1R to level 1G. The proposed method doubles the resolution of satellite images and constructs a deep learning network with a lightweight deep convolutional neural network for fast processing speed. In addition, a feature map fusion method capable of improving the image quality of multispectral (MS) bands using panchromatic (PAN) band information was proposed. The images obtained through the proposed interpolation method improved by about 0.4 dB for the PAN image and about 4.9 dB for the MS image in the quantitative peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR) index compared to the existing deep learning-based interpolation methods. In addition, it was confirmed that the time required to acquire an image that is twice the resolution of the 36,500×36,500 input image based on the PAN image size is improved by about 1.6 times compared to the existing deep learning-based interpolation method.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
• /
• v.38 no.6_1
• /
• pp.1257-1271
• /
• 2022

Recently, many Earth observation optical satellites have been developed, as their demands were increasing. Therefore, a rapid preprocessing of satellites became one of the most important problem for an active utilization of satellite images. Satellite image matching is a technique in which two images are transformed and represented in one specific coordinate system. This technique is used for aligning different bands or correcting of relative positions error between two satellite images. In this paper, we propose an automatic image matching method among satellite images with different ground sampling distances (GSDs). Our method is based on improved feature matching and robust estimation of transformation between satellite images. The proposed method consists of five processes: calculation of overlapping area, improved feature detection, feature matching, robust estimation of transformation, and image resampling. For feature detection, we extract overlapping areas and resample them to equalize their GSDs. For feature matching, we used Oriented FAST and rotated BRIEF (ORB) to improve matching performance. We performed image registration experiments with images KOMPSAT-3A and RapidEye. The performance verification of the proposed method was checked in qualitative and quantitative methods. The reprojection errors of image matching were in the range of 1.277 to 1.608 pixels accuracy with respect to the GSD of RapidEye images. Finally, we confirmed the possibility of satellite image matching with heterogeneous GSDs through the proposed method.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Surveying, Geodesy, Photogrammetry, and Cartography Conference
• /
• 2004.04a
• /
• pp.239-243
• /
• 2004

It does not exist almost that Most satellite image has both high spectral and spatial resolution. In order to apply the satellite image for to be actual, we need numerical and analytical technique development to improve the resolution. Specially in the function of solid illustration, we represent the solid image through the image generation to solid screen. The main function includes magnification, reduction, screen center movement, Panning, territory magnification. The method to process the image includes histogram and contrast modulation. Afterwards, we will develop the function includes 3-dimension cursor to control the elevation position and calculate the ground coordination automatically. There is the layer control includes the representation and the edition of 3D vector, extraction the Z value by On the Ground and digital elevation.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Surveying, Geodesy, Photogrammetry, and Cartography Conference
• /
• 2007.04a
• /
• pp.111-114
• /
• 2007

One of future remote sensing techniques for the estimation of damage by storm and flood is the extraction of water area, which could be the basis of measuring the damage by storm and flood and estimate restoration cost. This paper introduces an approach to damage estimation using satellite Image. The project site was Ansung area and a set of Radarsat-1 SAR image at 6.25m resolution was used for the test. Authors investigated methods of SAR image processing such as shadow-effect removal, orthorectification of SAR image and calculation of damage area by flood. Consequetly, this study showed that technique improvement of image processing and the best of result for extracting water area. Also, found the new possibility of damage estimation using satellite image.