Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'Snapshot images'

The response of cloud processes to an aerosol perturbation is one of the largest uncertainties in the anthropogenic forcing of the climate. It occurs at a variety of timescales, from the near-instantaneous Twomey effect to the longer timescales required for cloud adjustments. Understanding the temporal evolution of cloud properties following an aerosol perturbation is necessary to interpret the results of so-called “natural experiments” from a known aerosol source such as a ship or industrial site. This work uses reanalysis wind fields and ship emission information matched to observations of ship tracks to measure the timescales of cloud responses to aerosol in instantaneous (or“snapshot”) images taken by polar-orbiting satellites. As in previous studies, the local meteorological environment is shown to have a strong impact on the occurrence and properties of ship tracks, but there is a strong time dependence in their properties. The largest droplet number concentration (Nd) responses are found within 3 h of emission, while cloud adjustments continue to evolve over periods of 10 h or more. Cloud fraction is increased within the early life of ship tracks, with the formation of ship tracks in otherwise clear skies indicating that around 5 %–10%of clear-sky cases in this region may be aerosol-limited. The liquid water path (LWP) enhancement and the Nd– LWP sensitivity are also time dependent and strong functions of the background cloud and meteorological state. The nearinstant response of the LWP within ship tracks may be evidence of a bias in estimates of the LWP response to aerosol derived from natural experiments. These results highlight the importance of temporal development and the background cloud field for quantifying the aerosol impact on clouds, even in situations where the aerosol perturbation is clear.

Les caméras multispectrales échantillonnent le spectre du visible et/ou de l'infrarouge selon des bandes spectrales étroites. Parmi les technologies disponibles, Les caméras snapshot équipées d'une mosaïque de filtres acquièrent des images brutes à cadence vidéo. Ces images brutes nécessitent un processus de dématriçage permettant d'estimer l'image multispectrale en pleine définition. Dans ce manuscrit nous examinons les méthodes de dématriçage multispectrale et proposons une nouvelle méthode basée sur l'image panchromatique. De plus, nous mettons en évidence l'influence de l'illumination sur les performances de dématriçage, puis nous proposons des étapes de normalisation rendant ce dernier robuste aux propriétés d'acquisition. Les résultats expérimentaux montrent que notre méthode fournit de meilleurs résultats que les méthodes classiques.Afin d'effectuer une analyse de texture, nous étendons les opérateurs basés sur les motifs binaires locaux aux images de texture multispectrale au détriment d'exigences de mémoire et de calcul accrues. Nous proposons alors de calculer les descripteurs de texture directement à partir d'images brutes, ce qui évite l'étape de dématriçage tout en réduisant la taille du descripteur. Afin d'évaluer la classification sur des images multispectrales, nous avons proposé la première base de données multispectrale de textures proches dans les domaines spectraux du visible et du proche infrarouge. Des expériences approfondies sur cette base montrent que le descripteur proposé a à la fois un coût de calcul réduit et un pouvoir de discrimination élevé en comparaison avec les descripteurs classiques appliqués aux images dématriçées
Multispectral cameras sample the visible and/or the infrared spectrum according to narrow spectral bands. Available technologies include snapshot multispectral cameras equipped with filter arrays that acquire raw images at video rate. Raw images require a demosaicing procedure to estimate a multispectral image with full spatio-spectral definition. In this manuscript we review multispectral demosaicing methods and propose a new one based on the pseudo-panchromatic image. We highlight the influence of illumination on demosaicing performances, then we propose pre- and post-processing normalization steps that make demosaicing robust to acquisition properties. Experimental results show that our method provides estimated images of better objective quality than classical ones.Multispectral images can be used for texture classification. To perform texture analysis, we extend local binary pattern operators to multispectral texture images at the expense of increased memory and computation requirements. We propose to compute texture descriptors directly from raw images, which both avoids the demosaicing step and reduces the descriptor size. In order to assess classification on multispectral images we have proposed the first significant multispectral database of close-range textures in the visible and near infrared spectral domains. Extensive experiments on this database show that the proposed descriptor has both reduced computational cost and high discriminating power with regard to classical local binary pattern descriptors applied to demosaiced images

This thesis describes the improvements to the image replicating imaging spectrometer (IRIS) and the development of novel applications in the field of oximetry. IRIS is a snapshot multispectral device with a high transmission output and no need of inversion for data recovering, hence, with high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). IRIS shows great versatility due to the possibility of choosing multiple contiguous or non-contiguous wavelengths inside its free spectral range. IRIS uses a set of waveplates and Wollaston prisms to demultiplex the spectral information of an object and replicate the image of such object in different wavelengths. The birefringent nature of IRIS means that different wavelengths are separated by the Wollaston prisms with different angles, introducing multiple images of the same object. In addition, the spectral transmission function shows multiple spectral sidelobes that contaminate each IRIS band with light belonging to other wavelengths. These issues can lower the performance of IRIS as a multispectral imaging device. In this thesis, these problems were assessed with the introduction of a filter plate array placed in the image plane of the optical system. This filter array is a set of narrow-band filters (Full Width Half Maximum (FWHM) =10 ± 2 nm ) that removes undesired wavelengths from each IRIS band. Since the spectral transmission of IRIS is replicated along the free spectral range, the filters can be designed to match any of the present spectral lobes in IRIS. The design and fabrication of a filter array enhance the performance of IRIS as a multispectral imaging device: it allows wavelength selection and improves spectral and spatial image quality. The design and manufacture of the corresponding filter holder and camera adapter were critical in terms of offering an easy filter-camera implementation. The filter plate allowed the removal of other dispersed wavelengths by the Wollaston prisms, improving image registration between the set of spectral images created by IRIS, and so, improving the quality of the registered spectral 3-D cube. The implemented improvements on IRIS allow high quality, calibration-free oximetry using eight different wavelengths optimised for oximetry. Two main experiments were performed: 1) Using an inverted microscopy interfaced with IRIS and a linear spectral unmixing technique, we measured the deoxygenation of single horse red blood cells (RBC) in vitro in real time. The oximetry was performed with a subcellular spatial resolution of 0.5 μ m , a temporal resolution of 30 Hz, and an accuracy (standard error of the mean) of ± 1.1% in oxygen saturation. 2) Eight-wavelength calibration-free retinal oximetry performed in nine healthy subjects demonstrated an increase in the stability of the oxygen saturation measurements along retinal vessels when compared with more traditional analysis methods such as two wavelengths oximetry. The stability was measured as the standard deviation along the retinal vessels of the nine subjects and was found to be ∼ 3% in oxygen saturation for eight-wavelengths oximetry and ∼ 5% in oxygen saturation for two-wavelengths oximetry. A modified physical model was used to improve the characterization of light propagation through the eye, retina, and blood vessels by applying a set of feasible physiological assumptions. This model was optimised by an algorithm which solves for the different variables involved in the retinal vessels transmissions in order to accurately calculate the oxygen saturation. The oximetry algorithm was applied in retinal vessels, in collaboration in vivo on rat spinal cord to assess hypoxia in inflammatory diseases such as multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis and on mice legs to assess hypoxia on autoimmune diseases. A third experiment using a microscope interfaced with IRIS was performed. The experiment aimed to replicate laminar flow conditions observed in retinal vessels and to calculate oxygen diffusion between adjacent streams of blood with different oxygen saturation. For this purpose a PDMS multichannel flow cell with cross sections of 40x100 μm was designed and fabricated allowing us to replicate conditions found in retinal blood vessels. Laminar flow was replicated but the experiment failed in calculating oxygen diffusion due to flaws in the experiment. The experiment with the results and recommendations on how to improve it can be found in Apendix B for future researchers.

This thesis explores the image-replicating imaging spectrometer (IRIS). This relatively recent invention is a two-dimensional, snapshot spectral-imaging technology, capable of recording the spectral and spatial data from a scene instantaneously. Whereas conventional spectral-imaging technologies require multiple detector frames to record the entire data set, IRIS is able to record the data set in a single frame, a capability which is useful for highly dynamic scenes. The IRIS concept and the design of IRIS systems are explained in detail, and constraints on the performance of IRIS are determined. Practical issue in the use of IRIS systems are identi ed and solutions are identi ed and appraised. Some applications of IRIS are also shown, demonstrating its viability as a spectral imaging technology. Novel aspects of this work include the re nement of the IRIS design, demonstration of a registration algorithm for IRIS, designs for achromatic Wollaston prisms, a comparison of the IRIS technology with conventional spectral imaging technologies, and the application of IRIS to practical problems.

An investigation was initiated, targeting snapshot 3D image sensors, with the objective to match the speed and resolution of a scanning sheet-of-light system, without using a scanning motion. The goal was a system capable of acquiring 25 snapshot images per second from a quadratic scene with a side from 50 mm to 1000 mm, sampled in 512×512 height measurement points, and with a depth resolution of 1 µm and beyond.

A wide search of information about existing 3D measurement techniques resulted in a list of possible schemes, each presented with its advantages and disadvantages. No single scheme proved successful in meeting all the requirements. Pulse modulated time-of-flight is the only scheme capable of depth imaging by using only one exposure. However, a resolution of 1 µm corresponds to a pulse edge detection accuracy of 6.67 fs when visible light or other electromagnetic waves are used. Sequentially coded light projections require a logarithmic number of exposures. By projecting several patterns at the same time, using for instance light of different colours, the required number of exposures is reduced even further. The patterns are, however, not as well focused as a laser sheet-of-light can be.

Using powerful architectural concepts such as matrix array picture processing (MAPP) and near-sensor image processing (NSIP) a sensor proposal was presented, designed to give as much support as possible to a large number of 3D imaging schemes. It allows for delayed decisions about details in the future implementation.

It is necessary to relax at leastone of the demands for this project in order to realise a working 3D imaging scheme using concurrent technology. One of the candidates for relaxation is the most obvious demand of snapshot behaviour. Furthermore, there are a number of decisions to make before designing an actual system using the recommendations presented in this thesis. The ongoing development of electronics, optics, and imaging schemes might be able to meet the 3D snapshot demands in a near future. The details of light sensing electronics must be carefully evaluated and the optical components such as lenses, projectors, and fibres should be studied in detail.

Conventional hyperspectral imaging (HSI) techniques are time-sequential and rely on temporal scanning to capture hyperspectral images. This temporal constraint can limit the application of HSI to static scenes and platforms, where transient and dynamic events are not expected during data capture. The Near-Infrared Image Replicating Imaging Spectrometer (N-IRIS) sensor described in this thesis enables snapshot HSI in the short-wave infrared (SWIR), without the requirement for scanning and operates without rejection in polarised light. It operates in eight wavebands from 1.1μm to 1.7μm with a 2.0° diagonal field-of-view. N-IRIS produces spectral images directly, without the need for prior topographic or image reconstruction. Additional benefits include compactness, robustness, static operation, lower processing overheads, higher signal-to-noise ratio and higher optical throughput with respect to other HSI snapshot sensors generally. This thesis covers the IRIS design process from theoretical concepts to quantitative modelling, culminating in the N-IRIS prototype designed for SWIR imaging. This effort formed the logical step in advancing from peer efforts, which focussed upon the visible wavelengths. After acceptance testing to verify optical parameters, empirical laboratory trials were carried out. This testing focussed on discriminating between common materials within a controlled environment as proof-of-concept. Significance tests were used to provide an initial test of N-IRIS capability in distinguishing materials with respect to using a conventional SWIR broadband sensor. Motivated by the design and assembly of a cost-effective visible IRIS, an innovative solution was developed for the problem of chromatic variation in the splitting angle (CVSA) of Wollaston prisms. CVSA introduces spectral blurring of images. Analytical theory is presented and is illustrated with an example N-IRIS application where a sixfold reduction in dispersion is achieved for wavelengths in the region 400nm to 1.7μm, although the principle is applicable from ultraviolet to thermal-IR wavelengths. Experimental proof of concept is demonstrated and the spectral smearing of an achromatised N-IRIS is shown to be reduced by an order of magnitude. These achromatised prisms can provide benefits to areas beyond hyperspectral imaging, such as microscopy, laser pulse control and spectrometry.

Se explora la compleja fascinación que la fotografía despierta como medio de expresión, en la que se destaca la captura de imágenes en sí, como posibilidad para establecer un diálogo con el entorno y con uno mismo. Considerando que a partir de la integración de la cámara fotográfica al teléfono móvil, fotografiar se convierte en una experiencia que se integra a la vida cotidiana y, prácticamente, al alcance de casi cualquiera. Ello evidencia un tipo de imagen particular, que se ha denominado ‘imagen fortuita’. Se instaura este término con la finalidad de delimitar y caracterizar una especificidad de la llamada postfotografía, una comprensión de la práctica fotográfica que contempla uso, función y concepción del propio medio, con el fin de aproximarnos a la naturaleza de la fotografía mediante este dispositivo. Se ejemplifica la ‘imagen fortuita’ a partir de una selección de imágenes de las primeras ediciones del concurso ‘iPPAWARDS’.
This research explores the complex fascination that photography arouses as a medium of expression, it emphasizes the photographic act per se, due to its potential to establish a dialogue with the environment and with oneself. It is stated that after integration of a camera into mobile phone, photographic act becomes an everyday experience, available to almost anyone, and, it originates a particular type of image that we have named 'fortuitous image'. This term is established in order to capture, define and characterize a moment of denominated post-photography to approach the understanding of its nature. The 'fortuitous image' is exemplified by an image selection of the first editions of ‘iPPAWARDS’ contest.

L’émission accidentelle de gaz sur des sites industriels ou l’utilisation d’armes chimiques peuvent avoir des conséquences dramatiques. Bertin Technologies commercialise une caméra multispectrale infrarouge utilisant un détecteur non-refroidi appelée Second Sight permettant de détecter de nombreux gaz. Cependant, l’acquisition temporelle des images spectrales est un frein pour une utilisation sur porteurs mobiles (véhicules, drones…). L’objet de la thèse a donc été d’étudier plusieurs concepts de caméras multispectrales à acquisition simultanée utilisant un seul détecteur non-refroidi. J’ai travaillé sur deux concepts d’architectures optiques : une architecture basée sur l’utilisation d’un kaléidoscope et une architecture multivoies inspiré de l’architecture TOMBO. L’architecture kaléidoscope a l’avantage d’utiliser de manière optimale le détecteur pour de fortes ouvertures et pour une grande variété de champs de vue. Elle est cependant encombrante et la fonction multispectrale reste délicate à intégrer. L’architecture multivoie, quant à elle, est très compacte et facilement adaptable à des applications multispectrales mais un compromis entre le champ de vue et l’ouverture doit être trouvé. Nous avons choisi cette architecture comme successeur de la Second Sight et j’ai pu réaliser un démonstrateur. Enfin, un modèle radiométrique a été développé pour comparer les différentes caméras et j’ai montré que la caméra TOMBO pouvait avoir de meilleures performances que la Second Sight grâce à l’acquisition simultanée des images multispectrales
The accidental emission of gas in an industrial platform or the use of chemical weapons can have dramatic consequences. Bertin Technology commercialize an infrared multispectral camera using an array of uncooled detectors and called Second Sight allowing the detection of numerous gas. However, the temporal acquisition of spectral images is a limitation for a use on mobile platforms (vehicles, drones...). Therefore, the purpose of my PhD was to study several concepts of snapshot multispectral cameras using a single array of uncooled detectors. I worked on two concepts of optical architectures: a kaleidoscope-based design and a multichannel design inspired by the TOMBO architecture. The kaleidoscope-based camera can use optimally the focal plane array while having an important aperture and a great range of Fields of View. However, it has an important footprint and the implementation of the multispectral function is not obvious. By comparing, the multichannel architecture can be very compact and easily adaptable for multispectral applications but a compromise between its aperture and its Field Of View is necessary. Following these studies, the TOMBO multichannel design was chosen as the successor of the Second Sight and I could make a first demonstrator. Finally, a radiometric model was developed to compare the different cameras and I showed that the TOMBO camera could have better performances than the Second Sight thanks to its snapshot feature

碩士
國立中正大學
電機工程研究所
90
In this thesis, we propose a discrete cosine transform (DCT)-based edge detector for snapshot images that are obtained by performing decimation (by a factor of two or more) on a much larger original image. We first partition the original image into non-overlapping blocks where the block size equals the decimation factor and then perform DCT on each block. The variances of the DCT’s AC coefficients are used to decide the edge map of snapshot images. Directional edge map of the snapshot images can also be generated if the variance of the directional AC coefficients in vertical, horizontal, or diagonal direction is used. Simulation results show that the proposed DCT-based edge detector performs better (based on objective PSNR criterion) than the conventional technique─applying edge detector on the down-sampled image.

碩士
國立中正大學
資訊工程研究所
104
There are many advertisements in our life, and we read various advertisements every day. Advertisement plays an important role in human commercial activity since human constructed the trade market system. Therefore, with the studies of advertisements, we can realize some issues about historical science and social science, or even the commercial strategy. In this thesis, we propose an advertisement detection, segmentation and classification framework. First, we extract advertisement candidates based on a connected components method. And then, we design two filters to remove candidates that are not advertisement. The first is a rule-based filter. It filters out the candidates that are obviously not advertisements based on conventions and rules. After the rule-based method, a learning-based filter is designed to further remove the non-advertisement candidates. We classify the remained advertisement candidates into predefine categories using visual features. Finally, we collect the statistics of advertisements in newspaper front pages and website snapshots, respectively, and discover several interesting characteristics.

Atualmente a fotografia encontra-­‐se amplamente disseminada numa variedade de géneros e subgéneros, de práticas e usos em contextos diversos. O estatuto artístico que lhe é hoje reconhecido não obsta à prática generalizada por parte de fotógrafos amadores ou mesmo meros utilizadores, conferindo à fotografia um caráter ambivalente, que apontamos aqui como traço caraterístico. O objetivo desta investigação é contribuir para o desenvolvimento do campo de estudo da fotografia, nomeadamente da fotografia do privado. Este género de baixa qualidade, de parcas preocupações estéticas, mas de grande valor afetivo, foi durante muito tempo marginalizado nos estudos fotográficos, tendo só recentemente vindo a ser alvo de atenção. Propomo-­‐nos, assim, contribuir para uma teorização que permita a compreensão e mediação da fotografia enquanto prática social do foro privado e fenómeno cultural em ascensão.

The pictorial elements of the first six books of the Aeneid can be evidenced through an examination of its structural components. With commentaries on such literary devices as parallels and antipodes, interwoven themes, cyclic patterns, and strategic placement of words in the text, three genres of painting are treated individually in Chapter 1 to illustrate the poet's consistency of design and to prove him a craftsman of the visual arts. In the first division, "Cinematic progression," attention is directed to the language which conveys movement and frequentative action, with special emphasis placed on specific passages whose verbal components possess sculptural or third-dimensional traits and contribute to the "spiral" and "circle" motifs, the appropriate visual agents for animation. Depiction of mythological subjects comprises the second division entitled "Cameos and snapshots." Three selections, dubbed monstra, are explicated with such cross references as to illustrate the poet's use of epithets which he distributes passim to elicit verbal echoes of other passages. The final division, "The Vergilian landscape," addresses two major themes, antithetical in nature, the martial and the pastoral. Their sequential juxtaposition in the text renders a marked contrast in mood which is manifested pictorially in the transition from darkness to light. A panoramic chiaroscuro emerges which is the tapestry against which Aeneas makes his sojourn through the Underworld. It is the perfect backdrop to accompany the overriding theme of "things hidden," res latentes, which encompasses a greater part of the epic and becomes the culminant motif of the paintings which comprise the visual presentation. Chapter 2 functions as a catalogue raisonne for art inspired by the Aeneid from early antiquity up to the present day. Such examples of artistic expression provide a continuum with which to appropriate Horace's maxim, ut pictura poesis, in their evaluation. The verbal exegeses in Chapter 1 have been programmed to comport with the thematic content of the visual presentation in Chapter 3, a critique exemplifying the transposition of the verbal to the pictorial. With these canvases I have attempted to render a new perspective of Vergil's epic in the genre of abstract expressionism.
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