An Efficient Imaging Strategy for Single Pixel Camera in Earth Observation

Abstract

Single pixel camera is a new imaging device that develops from the “ghost” imaging and compressive sensing theory. For high resolution imaging with large amount of data, the process of measurement and reconstruction is time-consuming, which limits its application to remote sensing area. Based on the analysis of the configuration of the single pixel camera, an efficient imaging strategy through combining different numbers of DMD mirrors and local imaging was proposed which is able to image the interested target in high resolution with low time cost. Simulation experiment was carried out for two different types of targets, i.e., three-line target image and the scene consisting of a ship in the ocean. Three types of images, in low, middle and high resolution, are reconstructed respectively by the control of DMD working area and the strategy to combining DMD mirrors. The reconstructed images reached the application requirements at very low measurement and reconstruction time cost. The effectiveness and practicality of this strategy could be applied to other compressive sensing imaging devices.