Image Understanding Research at UC Irvine: Automatic Recognition in Multispectral Imagery
G. Healey

In this project, we will develop and demonstrate new algorithms for the illumination and temperature invariant recognition of targets in multispectral infrared images. The algorithms will be based on the use of invariants computed from image regions. These invariants are derived from physical models for image formation and are independent of viewpoint and the illumination, atmospheric, and thermal environments. We have shown that invariants can be computed that capture arbitrary combinations of spectral and spatial information allowing spectral/spatial tradeoffs to be optimized according to the characteristics of a particular recognition problem. Since the algorithms are derived from physical models, constraints on the physical environment can be incorporated to improve performance. Extensive experiments will be conducted to demonstrate the effectiveness of the approach.

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