Influence of image compression on the quality of UNB pan-sharpened imagery: a case study with security video image frames

Sina Adham Adhamkhiabani; Yun Zhang; Fatemeh Fathollahi

doi:10.1117/12.2053554

21 May 2014 Influence of image compression on the quality of UNB pan-sharpened imagery: a case study with security video image frames

Sina Adham Adhamkhiabani, Yun Zhang, Fatemeh Fathollahi

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Proceedings Volume 9100, Image Sensing Technologies: Materials, Devices, Systems, and Applications; 91000X (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2053554
Event: SPIE Sensing Technology + Applications, 2014, Baltimore, MD, United States

Abstract

UNB Pan-sharp, also named FuzeGo, is an image fusion technique to produce high resolution color satellite images by fusing a high resolution panchromatic (monochrome) image and a low resolution multispectral (color) image. This is an effective solution that modern satellites have been using to capture high resolution color images at an ultra-high speed. Initial research on security camera systems shows that the UNB Pan-sharp technique can also be utilized to produce high resolution and high sensitive color video images for various imaging and monitoring applications. Based on UNB Pansharp technique, a video camera prototype system, called the UNB Super-camera system, was developed that captures high resolution panchromatic images and low resolution color images simultaneously, and produces real-time high resolution color video images on the fly. In a separate study, it was proved that UNB Super Camera outperforms conventional 1-chip and 3-chip color cameras in image quality, especially when the illumination is low such as in room lighting. In this research the influence of image compression on the quality of UNB Pan-sharped high resolution color images is evaluated, since image compression is widely used in still and video cameras to reduce data volume and speed up data transfer. The results demonstrate that UNB Pan-sharp can consistently produce high resolution color images that have the same detail as the input high resolution panchromatic image and the same color of the input low resolution color image, regardless the compression ratio and lighting condition. In addition, the high resolution color images produced by UNB Pan-sharp have higher sensitivity (signal to noise ratio) and better edge sharpness and color rendering than those of the same generation 1-chip color camera, regardless the compression ratio and lighting condition.

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Sina Adham Adhamkhiabani, Yun Zhang, and Fatemeh Fathollahi "Influence of image compression on the quality of UNB pan-sharpened imagery: a case study with security video image frames", Proc. SPIE 9100, Image Sensing Technologies: Materials, Devices, Systems, and Applications, 91000X (21 May 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2053554

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