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http://dx.doi.org/10.7236/IJASC.2020.9.3.118

Single Image Fog Removal based on JBDC and Pixel-based Transmission Estimation  

Kim, Jongho (Department of Multimedia Engineering, Sunchon National University)
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International journal of advanced smart convergence / v.9, no.3, 2020 , pp. 118-126 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this paper, we present an effective single image fog removal by using the Joint Bright and Dark Channel (JBDC) and pixel-based transmission estimation to enhance the visibility of outdoor images susceptible to degradation due to weather and environmental conditions. The conventional methods include refinement process of coarse transmission with heavy computational complexity. The proposed transmission estimation reveals excellent edge-preserving performance and does not require the refinement process. We estimate the atmospheric light in pixel-based fashion, which can improve the transmission estimation performance and visual quality of the restored image. Moreover, we propose an adaptive transmission estimation to enhance the visual quality specifically in sky regions. Comprehensive experiments on various fog images show that the proposed method exhibits reduced computational complexity and excellent fog removal performance, compared with the existing methods; thus, it can be applied to various fields including real-time devices.
Keywords
Adaptive Transmission Estimation; Fog Removal; Image Enhancement; JBDC; Pixel-Based Estimation;
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