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Demosaicing Algorithm Using Directional Neighboring Pixels

근접 화소들의 방향성을 이용한 디모자이킹 알고리듬

  • Kim, Hee-Chang (Hanyang Univ. Dept. of Electronics and Computer Engineering) ;
  • Jeong, Je-Chang (Hanyang Univ. Dept. of Electronics and Computer Engineering)
  • 김희창 (한양대학교 전자컴퓨터통신공학과) ;
  • 정제창 (한양대학교 전자컴퓨터통신공학과)
  • Published : 2009.11.30
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Abstract

Most commercial digital still cameras use a single sensor array (e.g., CMOS or CCD) with color filter array (CFA) to reduce the cost and size. Since the image obtained with CFA has only one color value per pixel, the demosaicing is needed to acquire missing two color values. Although many demosaicing methods have been proposed, they still have artifacts such as rainbow and zippering artifact. In this paper, we propose the simple demosaicing algorithm using tendency of neighbor pixels with the enhanced weighting function. In the experimental results, our algorithm shows much better subjective qualities of the images than conventional demosaicing algorithm and improves objective qualities.

대부분의 상업적 디지털카메라들은 가격과 크기를 줄이기 위해서 Color Filter Array (CFA)를 사용한다. CFA를 통과한 이미지는 픽셀 당 오직 단일 칼라정보만 가지고 있기 때문에, 정보를 잃어버린 나머지 2개의 색 정보를 얻기 위해서 보간을 해야하는데 이 과정을 디모자이킹 (Demosaicing) 이라고 부른다. 수 많은 디모자이킹 알고리듬 방법들이 제안되어 왔음에도 불구하고, 여전히 무지개 형태의 에러 (rainbow artifact) 와 지퍼 모양의 에러 (zippering artifact) 의 문제를 가지고 있다. 본 논문에서는 향상된 가중치 함수를 이용하여 주변 픽셀값들의 경향성을 이용한 디모자이킹 알고리듬 방법을 제안한다. 실험결과, 우리가 제안한 알고리듬은 주관적 화질뿐만 아니라 객관적 화질에서도 기존의 방법들보다 뛰어다나는 것을 보여준다.

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