Publication Date
2008
Document Type
Thesis
Committee Members
Thomas Hangartner (Committee Member), S. Narayanan (Other), Daniel Repperger (Committee Member), Julie Skipper (Advisor), Joseph F. Thomas, Jr. (Other)
Degree Name
Master of Science in Engineering (MSEgr)
Abstract
Our challenge was to develop a semi-automatic target detection algorithm to aid human operators in locating potential targets within images. In contrast to currently available methods, our approach is relatively insensitive to image brightness, image contrast and object orientation. Working on overlapping image blocks, we used a sliding difference method of histogram matching. Incrementally sliding the histograms of the known object template and the image region of interest (ROI) together, the sum of absolute histogram differences was calculated. The minimum of the resultant array was stored in the corresponding spatial position of a response surface matrix. Local minima of the response surface suggest possible target locations. Because the template contrast will rarely perfectly match the contrast of the actual image contrast, which can be compromised by illumination conditions, background features, cloud cover, etc., we perform a random contrast manipulation, which we term 'wobble', on the template histogram. Our results have shown improved object detection with the combination of the sliding histogram difference and wobble.
Page Count
90
Department or Program
Department of Biomedical, Industrial & Human Factors Engineering
Year Degree Awarded
2008
Copyright
Copyright 2008, all rights reserved. This open access ETD is published by Wright State University and OhioLINK.
