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http://dx.doi.org/10.9717/kmms.2015.18.3.339

Robust Real-time Night Visibility Enhancement for Environmental Change using Haze Removal Method  

Lee, Jae-Won (Dept. of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Chonnam National University)
Hong, Sung-Hoon (School of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Chonnam National University, Information & Telecommunication Research Institute)
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Journal of Korea Multimedia Society / v.18, no.3, 2015 , pp. 339-348 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this paper, we propose improved night visibility enhancement algorithm based on haze removal method. The proposed method uses new haze removal method in place of the conventional methods. Our night visibility enhancement method is very good and faster than traditional methods. This method also uses additionally local histogram equalization for sharpening the enhanced image. Our method can be applied to any application that uses a visible light camera, and it is appropriate to apply a black box, vehicle camera, and cell phone camera, since it is possible that real-time processing.
Keywords
Night Visibility Enhancement; Dark Images; Haze Removal;
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