Enhancement of Atmospherically Degraded Images Using Color Analysis

영상의 색상분석을 사용한 대기 열화 영상의 가시성 향상

  • Yoon, In-Hye (Dept. of Image Engineering. Graduate School of Advanced Image Science, Multimedia, and Film, Chung-Ang University) ;
  • Kim, Dong-Gyun (Dept. of Image Engineering. Graduate School of Advanced Image Science, Multimedia, and Film, Chung-Ang University) ;
  • Paik, Joon-Ki (Dept. of Image Engineering. Graduate School of Advanced Image Science, Multimedia, and Film, Chung-Ang University)
  • Received : 2011.06.27
  • Accepted : 2011.11.21
  • Published : 2012.01.25

Abstract

In this paper, we present an image enhancement method for atmospherically degraded images using atmospheric light and transmission based on color analysis. We first generate a normalized image using maximum value of each RGB color channel. Then, each atmospheric light is estimated from RGB color channel respectively by calculating reflectance of an image. We also, generate a transmission using gamma coefficients from the Y channel of the image. We can significantly enhance the visibility of an image by using the estimated atmospheric light and the transmission. The proposed algorithm can remove atmospheric degradation components better than existing techniques because the color prevents color distortion which is common problem of existing techniques. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm can improve visibility be removing fog, smoke, and dust.

본 논문에서는 대기 열황 영상의 색상 분석을 통해 대기값과 전달률을 추정하여 대기 열화 요인을 제거함으로써 영상의 가시성을 향상시키는 알고리듬을 제안한다. 제안하는 알고리듬은 RGB채널의 최대값을 이용하여 영상을 정규화 시키고, 반사율을 이용하여 RGB 채널 각각의 적응적 대기값을 추정한다. 또한 영상의 Y채널의 감마보정을 통해 전달률을 생성한다. 결과적으로 대기값과 전달률을 이용하여 대기 열화 요인을 제거함으로써 가시성이 향상된 영상을 얻는다. 제안된 방법은 영상의 색상을 분석하기 때문에 기존의 기술의 문제점인 색상왜곡을 억제하고, 효과적으로 영상을 복원함으로써 가시성 향상에 있어서 뛰어난 성능을 보인다. 그 결과 제안된 알고리듬은 안개, 연기, 먼지 등과 같은 다양한 대기중의 불순물에 의한 화질 열화를 효과적으로 제거하여 가시성 향상에 기여할 수 있다.

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