A Technique for Stabilization of Sequences of Infrared Images Taken with Hovering UAVs

This paper presents a technique based on Fourier-Mellin transform for the stabilization of sequences of infrared images taken with hovering Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. The strength of the proposed technique is that relies on the global structure of the image for performing the stabilization, which is appropriate when dealing with images where it is difficult to find clear and repeatable features. The technique has been efficiently implemented for real-time application. The paper presents some experimental results that illustrate the performance of the technique.