Real-time image registration and fusion in a FPGA architecture (Ad-FIRE)

T. Waters; L. Swan; R. Rickman

doi:10.1117/12.883807

8 June 2011 Real-time image registration and fusion in a FPGA architecture (Ad-FIRE)

T. Waters, L. Swan, R. Rickman

Proceedings Volume 8042, Display Technologies and Applications for Defense, Security, and Avionics V; and Enhanced and Synthetic Vision 2011; 80420Y (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.883807
Event: SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 2011, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

Real-time Image Registration is a key processing requirement of Waterfall Solutions' image fusion system, Ad-FIRE, which combines the attributes of high resolution visible imagery with the spectral response of low resolution thermal sensors in a single composite image. Implementing image fusion at video frame rates typically requires a high bandwidth video processing capability which, within a standard CPU-type processing architecture, necessitates bulky, high power components. Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) offer the prospect of low power/heat dissipation combined with highly efficient processing architectures for use in portable, battery-powered, passively cooled applications, such as Waterfall Solutions' hand-held or helmet-mounted Ad-FIRE system.

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T. Waters, L. Swan, and R. Rickman "Real-time image registration and fusion in a FPGA architecture (Ad-FIRE)", Proc. SPIE 8042, Display Technologies and Applications for Defense, Security, and Avionics V; and Enhanced and Synthetic Vision 2011, 80420Y (8 June 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.883807

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