Oriented Edge-Based Feature Descriptor for Multi-Sensor Image Alignment and Enhancement

In this paper, we present an efficient image alignment and enhancement method for multi-sensor images. The shape of the object captured in a multisensor images can be determined by comparing variability of contrast using corresponding edges across multi-sensor image. Using this cue, we construct a robust feature descriptor based on the magnitudes of the oriented edges. Our proposed method enables fast image alignment by identifying matching features in multi-sensor images. We enhance the aligned multi-sensor images through the fusion of the salient regions from each image. The results of stitching the multi-sensor images and their enhancement demonstrate that our proposed method can align and enhance multi-sensor images more efficiently than previous methods.