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Bi-Histogram Equalization based on Differential Compression Method for Preserving the Trend of Natural Mean Brightness

자연스러운 영상의 평균 밝기 유지를 위한 차별적 압축 방법 기반의 분할 히스토그램 평활화

  • Lee, Jae-Won (Dept. of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Chonnam National University) ;
  • Hong, Sung-Hoon (School of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Chonnam National Univ. & Information and Telecommunication Research Institute)
  • 이재원 (전남대학교 전자컴퓨터공학과) ;
  • 홍성훈 (전남대학교 전자컴퓨터공학부, 정보통신연구소)
  • Received : 2014.03.05
  • Accepted : 2014.07.17
  • Published : 2014.07.30

Abstract

A typical histogram equalization contrast enhancement effect for improving the image quality is excellent. However, because it appears that excessive changes of the brightness values, The average brightness of the image is changing in units of frames of applications such as a TV video is unsuitable. In order to solve these drawbacks, a modified method of histogram equalization on various studies have been made. But the result images of existing methods sometimes shown visual degradations such as over-enhancement and false contouring. In this paper, we propose improved contrast enhancement method through bi-histogram equalization using target mean brightness based on differential compression method. The proposed method is based on the average brightness value by dividing the histogram, the histogram for each zone, according to the frequency differential of compression. And equalize the modified histogram based on target mean brightness. This allows to suppress deterioration of picture quality, and changes in the average brightness of each frame of video, while maintaining and improving the contrast. Experimental results show that the proposed method compared to the conventional method, the average brightness of each frame from a movie well maintained, and no degradation of the image quality showed a good effect to improve the contrast.

일반적인 히스토그램 평활화는 화질향상을 위한 명암대비 향상 효과가 뛰어나다. 하지만 과도한 밝기 값의 변화가 나타나기 때문에 영상의 평균밝기가 프레임 단위로 변화하는 TV와 같은 동영상 응용분야에 적용하기에는 부적합하다. 이러한 단점을 해결하기 위하여 히스토그램 평활화의 변형된 방법에 대한 다양한 연구가 이루어져 왔다. 그러나 기존의 방법들은 과포화현상(over-enhancement), 계조 현상(false-contouring)과 같은 화질 열화를 보인다. 본 논문에서는 차별적 히스토그램 압축방법을 기반으로 하는 목표 평균 밝기값을 이용한 분할 히스토그램 평활화를 통해서 개선된 명암대비 향상 기법을 제안한다. 제안한 방법은 평균 밝기값을 기준으로 히스토그램을 분할하고, 각 영역에 대해 히스토그램을 빈도수에 따라 차별적으로 압축한다. 그리고 변형된 히스토그램을 목표 평균 밝기값 기준으로 평활화한다. 이를 통하여 화질 열화를 억제하고, 동영상의 각 프레임의 평균밝기 변화를 유지하면서 명암대비를 개선시킨다. 실험 결과 제안방법은 기존 방법에 비해 동영상에서 각 프레임의 평균밝기를 잘 유지하고, 화질 열화 없이 좋은 명암대비 향상 효과를 보였다.

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