Delport, JP2010-09-012010-09-012010-09-01Delport, JP. 2010. Scintillation mitigation for long-range surveillance video. CSIR 3rd Biennial Conference 2010. Science Real and Relevant. CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria, South Africa, 30 August – 01 September 2010, pp 8http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4275CSIR 3rd Biennial Conference 2010. Science Real and Relevant. CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria, South Africa, 30 August – 01 September 2010Atmospheric turbulence is a naturally occurring phenomenon that can severely degrade the quality of long-range surveillance video footage. Major effects include image blurring, image warping and temporal wavering of objects in the scene. Mitigating these effects, while preserving motion not caused by turbulence, can increase the effectiveness of a camera system designed for long-range surveillance. The parallel processing performance, high memory bandwidth and programmability of modern Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) make them ideal platforms for implementing the image processing algorithms required for this task. This work presents the results of de-blurring and de-warping algorithms, implemented on the GPU, that are approaching real-time performance on high-resolution digital surveillance video. The algorithms are being developed and implemented in a collaborative effort between Armscor, the CSIR and students at the University of JohannesburgenScintillation mitigationLong-range surveillance videoSurveillance videoCSIR Conference 2010Atmospheric turbulenceConference PresentationDelport, J. (2010). Scintillation mitigation for long-range surveillance video. CSIR. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4275Delport, JP. "Scintillation mitigation for long-range surveillance video." (2010): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4275Delport J, Scintillation mitigation for long-range surveillance video; CSIR; 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4275 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Delport, JP AB - Atmospheric turbulence is a naturally occurring phenomenon that can severely degrade the quality of long-range surveillance video footage. Major effects include image blurring, image warping and temporal wavering of objects in the scene. Mitigating these effects, while preserving motion not caused by turbulence, can increase the effectiveness of a camera system designed for long-range surveillance. The parallel processing performance, high memory bandwidth and programmability of modern Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) make them ideal platforms for implementing the image processing algorithms required for this task. This work presents the results of de-blurring and de-warping algorithms, implemented on the GPU, that are approaching real-time performance on high-resolution digital surveillance video. The algorithms are being developed and implemented in a collaborative effort between Armscor, the CSIR and students at the University of Johannesburg DA - 2010-09-01 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Scintillation mitigation KW - Long-range surveillance video KW - Surveillance video KW - CSIR Conference 2010 KW - Atmospheric turbulence LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2010 T1 - Scintillation mitigation for long-range surveillance video TI - Scintillation mitigation for long-range surveillance video UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4275 ER -