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Ming-dong Yang

at Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics

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Proceedings Article | 4 March 2015 Paper

Study of image matching algorithm and sub-pixel fitting algorithm in target tracking

Ming-dong Yang, Jianjun Jia, Jia Qiang, Jian-yu Wang

Proceedings Volume 9521, 95211M (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2178353

KEYWORDS: Detection and tracking algorithms, Image processing, Image filtering, Cameras, Digital filtering, Gaussian filters, Real-time computing, Image segmentation, CMOS cameras, Image processing algorithms and systems

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Image correlation matching is a tracking method that searched a region most approximate to the target template based on the correlation measure between two images. Because there is no need to segment the image, and the computation of this method is little. Image correlation matching is a basic method of target tracking. This paper mainly studies the image matching algorithm of gray scale image, which precision is at sub-pixel level. The matching algorithm used in this paper is SAD (Sum of Absolute Difference) method. This method excels in real-time systems because of its low computation complexity. The SAD method is introduced firstly and the most frequently used sub-pixel fitting algorithms are introduced at the meantime. These fitting algorithms can’t be used in real-time systems because they are too complex. However, target tracking often requires high real-time performance, we put forward a fitting algorithm named paraboloidal fitting algorithm based on the consideration above, this algorithm is simple and realized easily in real-time system. The result of this algorithm is compared with that of surface fitting algorithm through image matching simulation. By comparison, the precision difference between these two algorithms is little, it’s less than 0.01pixel. In order to research the influence of target rotation on precision of image matching, the experiment of camera rotation was carried on. The detector used in the camera is a CMOS detector. It is fixed to an arc pendulum table, take pictures when the camera rotated different angles. Choose a subarea in the original picture as the template, and search the best matching spot using image matching algorithm mentioned above. The result shows that the matching error is bigger when the target rotation angle is larger. It’s an approximate linear relation. Finally, the influence of noise on matching precision was researched. Gaussian noise and pepper and salt noise were added in the image respectively, and the image was processed by mean filter and median filter, then image matching was processed. The result show that when the noise is little, mean filter and median filter can achieve a good result. But when the noise density of salt and pepper noise is bigger than 0.4, or the variance of Gaussian noise is bigger than 0.0015, the result of image matching will be wrong.

Proceedings Article | 21 August 2013 Paper

Design of ground testing systems which are compatible with two kinds of communication terminals

Jian-jun Jia, Ming-dong Yang, Liang Zhang, Jin-cai Wu

Proceedings Volume 8906, 89061U (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2034544

KEYWORDS: Telecommunications, Optical communications, Quantum communications, Laser communications, Satellites, Optical tracking, Collimators, Optical simulations, Satellite communications, Cameras

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Space laser communication and space quantum communication are all space optical communication, they are similar in communication links, high accuracy tracking and pointing, ground testing etc. The characters of space optical communication determine the necessity of testing and verifying communication terminals, for example, the laser beam reach diffraction limit in space laser communication, weak light detection or single photon detection should be carried out in space quantum communication, communication terminals are relatively moving refer to the ground station, and the terminals should have high quality in tracking target and pointing laser beam, so good system should be used in testing and verifying communication terminals. In this paper we did research on ground testing and verifying systems, we developed optical paths and two ground testing and verifying systems which are compatible with space laser communication and space quantum communication, the two systems contain one laboratory used system and one portable outfield used system. The laboratory used system mainly contains optical communication terminal, two dimensional (2D) simulation turntable, collimator and rear optical path, it can simulate the moving environment, transmission channel and relative motion of the satellite to ground or inter-satellite optical communication, it can also fully test the condition and performance of the optical communication terminals. The portable outfield used system mainly contains opto-mechanical subsystem, 2D turntable, electronic cabinet. The opto-mechanical subsystem is installed on the 2D turntable, it contains front and rear optical path. Electronic cabinet contains industry computer, turntable controller, GPS radio and optical controller, it mainly executes data acquisition, receiving and transmitting command. The portable outfield used system can be used in outfield, to help testing and verifying space-borne equipment. The design breaks through several difficulties, and improved the integrated degree of the system. Theory analysis and experiment shows the system can work properly.

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