Multispectral Image Processing: The Nature Factor

Abstract

The images processed by our brain represent our window into the world. For some animals this window is derived from a single eye, for others, including humans, two eyes provide stereo imagery, for others like the black widow spider several eyes are used (8 eyes), and some insects like the common housefly utilize thousands of eyes (ommatidia). Still other animals like the bat and dolphin have eyes for regular vision, but employ acoustic sonar vision for seeing when their regular eyes do not work such as in pitch black caves or turbid water. Of course, other animals have adapted to dark environments by bringing along their own lighting such as the firefly and several creatures from the depths of the ocean floor. Animal vision is truly varied and has developed over millennia in many remarkable ways. We have learned a lot about vision processes by studying these animal systems and can still learn even more.

Search and Target Acquisition: Single Line of Sight Versus Wide Baseline Stereo

“…There is one area that has not been addressed, and that is the use of wide baseline stereo vision for search (S) and target acquisition (TA). [7] The rationale for performing the research presented in this paper is derived from the test results from the Distributed Interactive Systems Search & Target Acquisition Fidelity (DISSTAF) conducted at Fort Hunter-Liggett, CA in 1995. The visible data sets collected by the Dutch are currently being used to evaluate the camouflage, concealment, and deception performance models for the NATO SCI-12 Working Group.…”

Search and target acquisition: single line of sight versus wide baseline stereo

“…Most animals have developed stereoscopic vision through evolution. 7 The rationale for performing the research presented were the results from the distributed interactive systems search and target acquisition fidelity ͑DISSTAF͒ test conducted at Fort Hunter-Liggett, California in 1995. Yet stereo vision is not being widely utilized.…”