Abstract
This paper presents an overview of the challenges encountered in underwater sensing. Two state-of-the-art approaches are presented dealing with optic and acoustic sensor data processing. Employing suitable methods for the different modalities enables fusion of the information contained in the optic radiative transfer and acoustic reflectivity.
Zusammenfassung
Der Beitrag beschreibt die Herausforderungen bei der Unterwasserdatenaufnahme. Es werden zwei aktuelle Methoden präsentiert, die optische und akustische Unterwasser-Datenverarbeitung betreffen. Die Auswertung dieser Modalitäten durch geeignete Verfahren verhilft in einem Fusionsschritt zu einer besseren Ausnutzung der vorhandenen Information aus dem optischen Lichttransport und der akustischen Reflektanz.
About the authors
Dipl.-Inform. Philipp Woock is Research Assistant at KIT and Fraunhofer IOSB. His main research interests are the simulation of sonar and the reconstruction of seafloor shape from imaging sonar data.
Fraunhofer Institute of Optronics, System Technologies and Image Exploitation IOSB, Department MRD, Fraunhoferstraße 1, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany, Phone: +49 721 6091-256, Fax: +49 721 6091-413
Dipl.-Inform. Thomas Stephan is Research Assistant at KIT and Fraunhofer IOSB. His main research interests are the modelling of underwater imaging processes and the image restoration of underwater images.
Fraunhofer Institute of Optronics, System Technologies and Image Exploitation IOSB, Department MRD, Fraunhoferstraße 1, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany, Phone: +49 721 6091-436
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Jürgen Beyerer is Head of Fraunhofer IOSB and Head of the Fraunhofer Group for Defense and Security VVS. He is also Chair of the Vision and Fusion Lab at KIT.
Fraunhofer Institute of Optronics, System Technologies and Image Exploitation IOSB, Fraunhoferstraße 1, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany, Phone: +49 721 6091-210
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