Performance analysis of joint imaging system with polarized, infrared, and visible cameras for multi-sensor imaging

Polarized camera, infrared camera, and visible camera have their own advantages and disadvantages. Jointly imaging by these three cameras can effectively improve the detection and identification capabilities of the system. However, the performance of the joint imaging system differs from that of any single sub-camera when used in combination with several different cameras. To investigate the comprehensive performance of the imaging system when combined with several different cameras, isometric scaled plates from U.S. Navy resolution plate drawings were imaged at 5 m, 10 m, 15 m, and 20 m distances, and the results were analyzed using multiple quality evaluation metrics. Our work is instructive for the imaging applications of combined multi-source cameras.