Chen et al., 2019 - Google Patents

Two-dimensional calibration for fixed-pattern noise reduction of thermal images

Chen et al., 2019

Document ID
9071233875259295958
Author
Chen N
Zhang J
Zhong S
Mao W
Hu D
Yao L
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Publication venue
2019 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS)

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A two-dimensional calibration technique is proposed to reduce fixed-pattern noise in infrared thermal images for extending dynamic range of sampling integration time. Traditional two-point calibration generates correction coefficients by irradiance of two …
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