Low complexity multifocus image fusion in discrete cosine transform domain

This paper presents a low complex, highly energy efficient sensor image fusion scheme explicitly designed for wireless visual sensor systems equipped with resource constrained, battery powered image sensors and employed in surveillance, hazardous environment like battlefields etc. Here an energy efficient simple method for fusion of multifocus images based on higher valued AC coefficients calculated in discrete cosine transform domain is presented. The proposed method overcomes the computation and energy limitation of low power devices and is investigated in terms of image quality and computation energy. Simulations are performed using Atmel ATmega128 processor of Mica 2 mote, to measure the resultant energy savings and the simulation results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm is extremely fast and consumes only around 1% of energy consumed by conventional discrete cosine transform based fusion schemes. Also the simplicity of our proposed method makes it more appropriate for real-time applications.