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In outdoor video processing systems, the image frames of a video sequence are usually subjected to poor visibility and contrast in hazy or foggy weather conditions. A fast and efficient technique to improve the visibility and contrast of digital images captured in such environments is proposed in this paper. The image enhancement algorithm constitutes three processes viz. dynamic range compression, local contrast enhancement and nonlinear color restoration. We propose a nonlinear function to modify the wavelet coefficients for dynamic range compression and uses an adaptive contrast enhancement technique in wavelet domain. A nonlinear color restoration process based on the chromatic information of the input image frame is applied to convert the enhanced intensity image back to a color image. We also propose a model based image restoration approach which uses a new nonlinear transfer function on luminance component to obtain the transmission map. Experimental results show better visibility compared to those images enhanced with other state of art techniques.
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Arigela, S., Asari, V.K. (2011). Adaptive and Nonlinear Techniques for Visibility Improvement of Hazy Images. In: Bebis, G., et al. Advances in Visual Computing. ISVC 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6939. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-24031-7_8
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