The invention relates to an
automatic exposure control method and device based on an FPGA and suitable for
space exploration imaging. The method includes the steps that the current-frame image average brightness is acquired through the main current-frame image average brightness, time of
exposure is adaptively selected according to whether a difference value between the current-frame image average brightness and the expected image average brightness is positive or negative and is large or small, continuous frames are adopted for continuous loop iteration, and therefore the current-frame image average brightness reaches the expected image average brightness. The
automatic exposure control device for conducting the
automatic exposure control method comprises an optical lens, an APS sensor and the
exposure control FPGA. According to the method and device, the technical problems existing in excessive
exposure of a target image, segmentation of the target image and balance between the automatic exposure speed and stability in the existing
space exploration imaging technology are solved, the
image contrast ratio is increased, faster, more stable and more accurate automatic
exposure control can be conducted in various
space exploration light environments, and adaptive ability in the space exploration environment imaging process is improved.