• Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Vol. 56, Issue 4, 041002 (2019)
Hairui Zeng1,*, Huayan Sun2, Lin Du1, and Shuai Wang1
Author Affiliations
  • 1 Graduate School, Aerospace Engineering University, Beijing 101416, China
  • 2 Department of Electronic and Optical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering University, Beijing 101416, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/LOP56.041002 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Hairui Zeng, Huayan Sun, Lin Du, Shuai Wang. High Dynamic Range Image Synthesis for Space Target Observation[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2019, 56(4): 041002 Copy Citation Text show less
    Flow chart of high dynamic range image synthesis
    Fig. 1. Flow chart of high dynamic range image synthesis
    Flow chart of digital image imaging
    Fig. 2. Flow chart of digital image imaging
    Inverse camera response function curves of Canon EOS-1DC
    Fig. 3. Inverse camera response function curves of Canon EOS-1DC
    Image registration results. (a) Image to be registered; (b) reference image; (c) image after registration
    Fig. 4. Image registration results. (a) Image to be registered; (b) reference image; (c) image after registration
    Experimental platform. (a) Cameras; (b) lenses
    Fig. 5. Experimental platform. (a) Cameras; (b) lenses
    First set of images captured by different cameras at different exposure time. (a) 0.1 s; (b) 0.5 s; (c) 1.0 s; (d) 2.0 s
    Fig. 6. First set of images captured by different cameras at different exposure time. (a) 0.1 s; (b) 0.5 s; (c) 1.0 s; (d) 2.0 s
    First combination results obtained by different methods. (a) Proposed method; (b) method in Ref.[18]
    Fig. 7. First combination results obtained by different methods. (a) Proposed method; (b) method in Ref.[18]
    Second set of images captured by different cameras at different exposure time.(a) 0.05 s; (b) 0.2 s; (c) 0.8 s; (d) 3.2 s
    Fig. 8. Second set of images captured by different cameras at different exposure time.(a) 0.05 s; (b) 0.2 s; (c) 0.8 s; (d) 3.2 s
    Second combination results obtained by different methods. (a) Proposed method; (b) method in Ref.[18]
    Fig. 9. Second combination results obtained by different methods. (a) Proposed method; (b) method in Ref.[18]
    Target grayscale distributions in different directions. (a) x-axis; (b) y-axis
    Fig. 10. Target grayscale distributions in different directions. (a) x-axis; (b) y-axis
    ParameterBefore synthesisAfter synthesis
    0.1 s0.5 s1.0 s2.0 sRef. [18]Proposed method
    RMSE2.433.945.447.256.382.85
    SNR14.9519.9222.6824.3224.6927.95
    Number102327293031
    Table 1. Comparison of data before and after synthesis of first set of images
    ParameterBefore synthesisAfter synthesis
    0.05 s0.20 s0.80 s3.20 sRef. [18]Proposed method
    RMSE3.054.425.807.514.624.39
    SNR7.2412.4521.1224.2925.7826.01
    Number81327404143
    Table 2. Comparison of data before and after synthesis of the second set of images