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http://dx.doi.org/10.6109/jkiice.2011.15.12.2527

Feature based Pre-processing Method to compensate color mismatching for Multi-view Video  

Park, Sung-Hee (광운대학교 전자공학과)
Yoo, Ji-Sang (광운대학교 전자공학과)
Abstract
In this paper we propose a new pre-processing algorithm applied to multi-view video coding using color compensation algorithm based on image features. Multi-view images have a difference between neighboring frames according to illumination and different camera characteristics. To compensate this color difference, first we model the characteristics of cameras based on frame's feature from each camera and then correct the color difference. To extract corresponding features from each frame, we use Harris corner detection algorithm and characteristic coefficients used in the model is estimated by using Gauss-Newton algorithm. In this algorithm, we compensate RGB components of target images, separately from the reference image. The experimental results with many test images show that the proposed algorithm peformed better than the histogram based algorithm as much as 14 % of bit reduction and 0.5 dB ~ 0.8dB of PSNR enhancement.
Keywords
multi-view video coding; 3DTV; illumination compensation; color correction; coner detection;
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