Optics and Precision Engineering, Volume. 29, Issue 11, 2539(2021)

Real-time pixel merging for weak light detection

Liu ZHANG... Ya-ming WANG, Wen ZHANG and Wen-hua WANG* |Show fewer author(s)
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  • College of Instrument Science and Electrical Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun130021, China
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    Figures & Tables(16)
    Simulate pixel binning
    Traditional pixel binning(left) and ‘Region’ pixel binning(right)
    Construction of pixel matrix
    Arranged by area(left) and adjacent arrangement(right)
    Fitting curve of camera background value and temperature
    Overall design framework for real-time pixel merging
    Simulation of 2_taps_4×4 pixel merger
    Experimental imaging devices
    Contrast images of pixel binning of wide and narrow field of view cameras
    SNR changes in 2×2 and 4×4 images of 5 experiments combining
    • Table 1. Fitting residuals of different degrees polynomial for wide field camera

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      Table 1. Fitting residuals of different degrees polynomial for wide field camera

      ParameterQuadratic polynomialCubic polynomialQuaternary polynomial
      RSS96.747 417.437 97.282 5
      Vi1.795 80.762 40.492 7
    • Table 2. Fitting residuals of different degrees polynomial for narrow field camera

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      Table 2. Fitting residuals of different degrees polynomial for narrow field camera

      ParameterQuadratic polynomialCubic polynomialQuaternary polynomial
      RSS168.859 620.270 57.514 5
      Vi2.372 50.822 00.500 4
    • Table 3. Experimental data of denoising

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      Table 3. Experimental data of denoising

      CameraSNR/dBContrast
      CMV400018.028 60.484 3
      18.732 40.713 3
      N12K17.471 80.404 3
      18.005 70.564 6
    • Table 4. Experimental data of N12K_camera

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      Table 4. Experimental data of N12K_camera

      ParameterPicture2_Binning4_Binning
      Contrast3.325 06.207 411.828 0
      SNR/dB10.435 815.858 221.458 2
    • Table 5. Experimental data of CMV4000_camera

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      Table 5. Experimental data of CMV4000_camera

      ParameterPicture2_Binning4_Binning
      Contrast4.421 28.266 715.573 8
      SNR/dB12.910 818.346 623.847 9
    • Table 6. Experimental data of pixel binning and removal of camera background

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      Table 6. Experimental data of pixel binning and removal of camera background

      CameraSNR/dBContrast
      Picture2-BIN4_BINPicture2-BIN4_BIN
      CMV400011.480 217.381 623.179 00.532 90.787 60.743 1
      N12K14.591 920.356 325.993 40.517 20.782 60.801 2
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    Paper Information

    Category: Modern Applied Optics

    Received: May. 12, 2021

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Dec. 10, 2021

    The Author Email: WANG Wen-hua (wangwh900@jlu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.37188/OPE.2021.0297

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