• Infrared and Laser Engineering
  • Vol. 51, Issue 7, 20210611 (2022)
Yan Gao, Xiaoyue Xiao*, Xiaohu Li, Hong Zhu, Jin Tang, and Fan Guo
Author Affiliations
  • School of Automation, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/IRLA20210611 Cite this Article
    Yan Gao, Xiaoyue Xiao, Xiaohu Li, Hong Zhu, Jin Tang, Fan Guo. Research on the stitching method of massive aerial far-infrared images with an inconsistent overlap rate[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2022, 51(7): 20210611 Copy Citation Text show less
    Principle of perspective results in inconsistent transverse overlap of image
    Fig. 1. Principle of perspective results in inconsistent transverse overlap of image
    Comparison of the effect of uniform distribution of features on alignment ability
    Fig. 2. Comparison of the effect of uniform distribution of features on alignment ability
    Registration schematic diagram of non-uniform overlap rate
    Fig. 3. Registration schematic diagram of non-uniform overlap rate
    Diagram of regional division
    Fig. 4. Diagram of regional division
    Overlapping and alternating phenomenon
    Fig. 5. Overlapping and alternating phenomenon
    Schematic diagram of grid transformation recursion and inter column splicing
    Fig. 6. Schematic diagram of grid transformation recursion and inter column splicing
    Flow chart of stitching
    Fig. 7. Flow chart of stitching
    Comparison of sequential image stitching
    Fig. 8. Comparison of sequential image stitching
    Comparison of stitching results of single column image stitching and inter column image
    Fig. 9. Comparison of stitching results of single column image stitching and inter column image
    Far-infrared image pair for contrast experiment
    Fig. 10. Far-infrared image pair for contrast experiment
    Comparison of registration results
    Fig. 11. Comparison of registration results
    Influence of different distribution functions on edge distortion
    Fig. 12. Influence of different distribution functions on edge distortion
    Comparison of gray correction map
    Fig. 13. Comparison of gray correction map
    Comparison of the first far-infrared image mosaic results
    Fig. 14. Comparison of the first far-infrared image mosaic results
    Comparison of the sceond far-infrared image mosaic results
    Fig. 15. Comparison of the sceond far-infrared image mosaic results
    Position of grid kProportion of local homography matrix Proportion of linearizated local homography matrix Proportion of regional similarity homography matrix
    ${x_{\min }} < {x^{(k)}} < {x_{lc}}$0%0%100%
    ${x_{lc}} < {x^{(k)}} < {x_l}$0% -100%0% - 100%0% -100%
    ${x_l} < {x^{(k)}} < {x_r}$0%100%0%
    ${x_r} < {x^{(k)}} < {x_{rc}}$0% - 100%0% - 100%0% - 100%
    ${x_{rc}} < {x^{(k)}} < {x_{\max }}$0%0%100%
    Table 1. Weight distribution of homography matrix
    Stitching methodAPAPAANAPGSPOurs
    Stitching rows4191341
    Table 2. Number comparison of multi-column image mosaic with various methods
    SoftwareAutoStitchPTGuiICEProposed
    TimeFailedAbout 15 min About 130 min 7 min and 42 s
    Table 3. Comparison of far-infrared image stitching speed
    Yan Gao, Xiaoyue Xiao, Xiaohu Li, Hong Zhu, Jin Tang, Fan Guo. Research on the stitching method of massive aerial far-infrared images with an inconsistent overlap rate[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2022, 51(7): 20210611
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