Optimal path-based radiometric block adjustment for unmanned aerial vehicle images

doi:10.13474/j.cnki.11-2246.2023.0009

Abstract

Abstract: Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) remote sensing can provide imagery data with high spatio-temporal resolution, and has a wide range of application prospects. Radiometric correction converts the data recorded by sensors to ground reflectance and is the prerequisite for the quantitative application of UAV data. However, UAV data is susceptible to many factors such as illumination conditions, resulting in different degrees of radiometric differences between images, which makes it difficult for the radiometric correction of multiple UAV images. Based on the information of images' overlapping area, radiometric block adjustment can obtain the global optimal correction parameters, which has great potential in reducing the radiometric differences between the images and realizing the radiometric correction of images. But a large number of unknown parameters to be solved reduces the solution efficiency of the radiometric correction model, especially when the amount of data increases sharply, this problem will become more prominent. The optimal path established based on the radiometric information of images overlapping area takes into account the radiometric conversion relationship between the images, can effectively control the error accumulation, and provide an idea for reducing the number of unknowns in the radiometric block adjustment. Therefore, this paper combines the radiometric block adjustment with the optimal path to reduce the number of unknowns, and improve the calculation efficiency of the correction model while ensuring the accuracy of radiometric correction, thereby improving the application potential of the radiometric block adjustment on large datasets.

Key words: unmanned aerial vehicle, radiometric correction, optimal path, radiometric block adjustment

CLC Number:

P237

PENG Wanshan, GONG Yan, REN Jie, ZHOU Cong, YU Yajiao. Optimal path-based radiometric block adjustment for unmanned aerial vehicle images[J]. Bulletin of Surveying and Mapping, 2023, 0(1): 52-57,64.

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