(U) THIS PAPER DISCUSSES DUALBAND IMAGING IN TERMS OF A NUMBER OF TACTICAL FUTURE NAVY SYSTEMS, CONSIDERING THE DEPENDENCD OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR DUAL BAND IRFPAS ON SEVERAL FACTORS SUCH AS PROCESSING/DISPLAY ALGORITHMS, TARGET/BACKGROUND PHENOMENOLOGY, AND THE STATE OF AVAILABLE IRFPA TECHNOLOGIES. TOPICS DISCUSSED ARE POTENTIAL NAVY APPLICATIONS, COLOR PROCESSING (INCLUDING THE CREATION OF A COLOR SPACE, COLOR CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT, COLOR CONSTANCY, AND IMAGE REGISTRATION), BAND SELECTION, AND IRFPA REQUIREMENTS ...
(U) THIS PAPER DESCRIBES A COMPACT, LIGHTWEIGHT PROCESSOR SYSTEM CALLED CNAPS WHICH IS CAPABLE OF UP TO 10 BILLION OPERATIONS PER SECOND (GOPS). THE NATURE OF THE ALGORITHM AND UNIQUES FEATURES OF THE CNAPS (BOTH HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE) ARE DISCUSSED IN TERMS OF THE PARALLEL PROGRAMMING EFFORT THAT WAS REQUIRED TO SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENT THE ALGORITHM. AN EXAMPLE IS GIVEN OF THE RESULTS OBTAINED FROM PROCESSING A LONG IMAGE SEQUENCE.
(U) THIS PAPER DISCUSSES THE CONCEPT OF INFRARED COLOR VISION IN TERMS OF COMBINING MULTIPLE BANDS OF IMAGERY INTO A SINGLE COMPOSITE COLOR IMAGE. BASIC ISSUES ADDRESES INCLUDE: QUANTIFYING THE PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS OF COLOR FUSION OVER SINGLE BAND PERFORMANCE; OBTAINING GOOD COLOR CONTRAST BETWEEN OBJECTS AND BACKGROUNDS; AND ACHIEVING COLOR CONSTANCY. TO ACHIEVE THESE MATCHED FILTERS FOR SINGLE BAND IMAGES AND COLOR COMPOSITE IMAGES WERE DERIVED. COLOR IMAGES ARE DISPLAYED ...
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