Single image dehazing based on contrast enhancement

Jin Hwan Kim, Jae Young Sim, Chang-Su Kim

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Abstract

A simple and adaptive single image dehazing algorithm is proposed in this work. Based on the observation that a hazy image has low contrast in general, we attempt to restore the original image by enhancing the contrast. First, the proposed algorithm estimates the airlight in a given hazy image based on the quad-tree subdivision. Then, the proposed algorithm estimates the transmission map to maximize the contrast of the output image. To measure the contrast, we develop a cost function, which consists of a standard deviation term and a histogram uniformness term. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm can remove haze efficiently and reconstruct fine details in original scenes clearly.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2011 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, ICASSP 2011 - Proceedings
Pages1273-1276
Number of pages4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011
Event36th IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, ICASSP 2011 - Prague, Czech Republic
Duration: 2011 May 222011 May 27

Publication series

NameICASSP, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing - Proceedings
ISSN (Print)1520-6149

Other

Other36th IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, ICASSP 2011
Country/TerritoryCzech Republic
CityPrague
Period11/5/2211/5/27

Keywords

  • Image enhancement
  • contrast enhancement
  • image restoration
  • single image dehazing

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Software
  • Signal Processing
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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