Comparison of additive image fusion vs. feature-level image fusion techniques for enhanced night driving

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4796, Issue , 2002, Pages 140-151

  Bender, Edward J ^a   Reese, Colin E ^a   Van Der Wal, Gooitzen S ^b  

^a U S ARMY   (United States)

^b SARNOFF CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Head tracked vision system (HTVS); Head tracking; Helmet mounted display (HMD); Image fusion; Image intensified TV; Nighttime driving; Thermal sensor

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; HELMET MOUNTED DISPLAYS; IMAGE INTENSIFIERS (ELECTRON TUBE); IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE SENSORS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; MILITARY VEHICLES; PHOTODETECTORS; SENSOR DATA FUSION;

HEAD TRACKED VISION SYSTEM; HEAD TRACKING; IMAGE FUSION; NIGHT DRIVING; THERMAL SENSORS;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0038289253     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.450867     Document Type: Conference Paper

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