The on-orbit non-uniformity correction method with modulated internal calibration sources for infrared remote sensing systems

Y Sheng, X Dun, W Jin, F Zhou, X Wang, F Mi, S Xiao - Remote Sensing, 2018 - mdpi.com
Y Sheng, X Dun, W Jin, F Zhou, X Wang, F Mi, S Xiao
Remote Sensing, 2018mdpi.com
The scanning infrared focal plane array (IRFPA) suffers from stripe-like non-uniformity due to
the usage of many detectors, especially when working with a large time scale. Typical
calibration systems tend to block the sensor aperture and expose the detectors to an on-
board blackbody calibration source. They may also point at deep space. Full aperture
calibration sources of this type tend to be large and expensive. To address these problems,
a dynamic non-uniformity correction (NUC) method is proposed based on a modulated …
The scanning infrared focal plane array (IRFPA) suffers from stripe-like non-uniformity due to the usage of many detectors, especially when working with a large time scale. Typical calibration systems tend to block the sensor aperture and expose the detectors to an on-board blackbody calibration source. They may also point at deep space. Full aperture calibration sources of this type tend to be large and expensive. To address these problems, a dynamic non-uniformity correction (NUC) method is proposed based on a modulated internal calibration device. By employing the on-board calibration device to generate a dynamic scene and fully integrating the system characteristics of the scanning IRFPA into the scene-based non-uniformity correction (SBNUC) algorithm, on-orbit high dynamic range NUC is achieved without blocking the field of view. Here we simulate an internal calibration system alternative, where a dynamic calibration signal is superimposed on the normal imagery, thus requiring no mechanisms and a smaller size. This method using this type of calibrator shows that when the sensor is pointing at deep space for calibration, it provides an effective non-uniformity correction of the imagery. After performing the proposed method, the NU of the two evaluation images was reduced from the initial 12.99% and 8.72% to less than 2%. Compared to other on-board NUC methods that require an extended reference blackbody source, this proposed approach has the advantages of miniaturization, a short calibration time, and strong adaptability.
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