• Infrared and Laser Engineering
  • Vol. 51, Issue 2, 20210844 (2022)
Yan Cheng, Xuelian Yu*, Weixian Qian, and Ye Qian
Author Affiliations
  • School of Electronic and Optical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/IRLA20210844 Cite this Article
    Yan Cheng, Xuelian Yu, Weixian Qian, Ye Qian. Ship wake extraction and detection from infrared remote sensing images[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2022, 51(2): 20210844 Copy Citation Text show less
    Ship wake pattern
    Fig. 1. Ship wake pattern
    Optical remote sensing image of ship wake with bubbles
    Fig. 2. Optical remote sensing image of ship wake with bubbles
    Sketch of Dot and Curve
    Fig. 3. Sketch of Dot and Curve
    Wake detection and feature extraction algorithm
    Fig. 4. Wake detection and feature extraction algorithm
    Bright wake original image and test results
    Fig. 5. Bright wake original image and test results
    Grayscale curve of main and auxiliary axes of bright wake
    Fig. 6. Grayscale curve of main and auxiliary axes of bright wake
    Dark wake original image and test results
    Fig. 7. Dark wake original image and test results
    Grayscale curve of main and auxiliary axes of dark wake
    Fig. 8. Grayscale curve of main and auxiliary axes of dark wake
    Flow chart of ship wake detection and identification algorithm on the sea
    Fig. 9. Flow chart of ship wake detection and identification algorithm on the sea
    Results of ship wake detection. (a), (d), (g), (j), (m) Original image; (b), (e), (h), (k), (n) Dot-Curve image; (c), (f), (i), (l), (o) Detection result
    Fig. 10. Results of ship wake detection. (a), (d), (g), (j), (m) Original image; (b), (e), (h), (k), (n) Dot-Curve image; (c), (f), (i), (l), (o) Detection result
    Length of main axisGray mean value of main axisGray mean value of auxiliary axisGray variance of main axisGray variance of auxiliary axisGray slope of auxiliary axis
    285484.89[5270.13;5227.13;5201.33]271.58[265.54;124.75;47.66][107.77,98.12;33.06, 58.71;15.80,21.13]
    Table 1. Statistics of characteristics of main and auxiliary axes of bright wake
    Length of main axisGray mean value of main axisGray mean value of auxiliary axisGray variance of main axisGray variance of auxiliary axisGray slope of auxiliary axis
    7512370.44[12388.00;12478.40;12604.87; 12713.93;12673.53;12677.73] 234.51[134.72;142.01;133.78; 119.19;110.90;186.68] [−58.02,−54.10;−48.65,−51.40;−44.44, −59.24;−39.52,−37.06;−49.67, −34.17;18.24,20.79]
    6611638.26[11982.47;11947.07;12003.33; 12096.13;12139.93] 316.11[215.08;279.53;232.71; 249.21;180.56] [−91.08,−86.40;−100.71,−117.10; −92.79,−34.55;−35.80, −91.88;9.24,74.57]
    Table 2. Statistics of characteristics of main and auxiliary axes of dark wake
    BandDetection rateFalse alarm rate
    SWIR97.479%8.403%
    LWIR94.531%3.968%
    Table 3. Efficiency of ship wake detection
    Yan Cheng, Xuelian Yu, Weixian Qian, Ye Qian. Ship wake extraction and detection from infrared remote sensing images[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2022, 51(2): 20210844
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