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Adaptive Retinex Algorithm using Skewness for Contrast Enhancement

대조비 개선을 위한 비대칭도 특성을 이용한 적응적인 레티넥스 방식

  • Received : 2016.08.03
  • Accepted : 2016.10.04
  • Published : 2016.10.25
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Abstract

This paper presents an adaptive retinex algorithm using skewness for contrast enhancement of color images. In order to estimate the degree of low contrast of an image, skewness of luminance of an observed image is used to define a parameter, and a non-linear function is proposed to compensate the reflectance using the parameter and estimated reflectance. In addition, determination of gain and offset of the non-linear function is addressed using statistics of the estimated reflectance. The relation between an observed luminance and the compensated luminance is used to compensate color components with the reduction of computational cost. The experimental results show that the proposed algorithm has the capability to effectively improve the contrast without color distortion.

본 논문에서는 칼라 영상의 대조비 개선을 위한 비대칭도 특성을 이용한 적응적인 대조비 개선 레티넥스 방식을 제안한다. 입력 영상 휘도 성분의 저조도 정도를 예측하기 위해 휘도 성분의 비대칭도 함수로 표현되는 매개변수를 정의하고, 정의된 매개 변수 및 예측 반사 성분을 이용하여 반사 성분을 보정하기 위한 비선형 함수를 제안한다. 더불어, 추정된 반사 성분의 통계 특성을 이용하여 비선형 함수의 이득 및 오프셋을 결정하는 방식에 대해 기술한다. 연산량 절감을 위해 색차 성분의 보정 과정을 위해 입력 영상의 휘도 성분과 보정된 휘도 성분을 이용한다. 실험을 통해 색신호 성분의 대조비 및 색신호 왜곡의 개선이 효과적으로 이루어짐을 확인할 수 있었다.

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