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Fast Defogging Method Based on Single Image
Received date: 2014-05-05
Request revised date: 2014-07-21
Online published: 2015-04-10
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Currently, defogging algorithms based on the physical model of a single image become the focus of defogging researches. Compare several classical single image defogging algorithms, the defogging algorithm based on the dark channel prior knowledge of a single image is the most effective and appropriate method. Since the dark channel prior defogging algorithm has high time complexity and space complexity, there are many researchers accordingly contributed significant improvements to reduce the complexity and improve its efficiency. Comparing these improved algorithms and studying the advantages and disadvantages of defogging, we proposed a new dark channel prior defogging fast algorithm for single image. First, through the introduction of the fast, efficient and low-pass Gaussian filter to substitute the soft matting algorithm or other wave filter, we achieved a smooth and refined transmittance figure. Next, during the process of defogging, since the dark colors in the image at the border of different depth of fields may appear a white border phenomenon, we proposed an area median filtering method to adjust its impact. Finally, the detailed algorithm adaptive to meet the requirements of a global atmospheric optical image were presented. Experimental results showed that the improved algorithm based on single image with the combination of the above mentioned three steps can quickly reduce the fog effect from the original image to ensure the quality of the image, while greatly improve the speed of dark channel prior defogging algorithms. The improved method is efficient in pratical, for example in engineering images defogging process and in video real-time defogging.
Key words: defogging; dark channel prior; atmospherics; transmittance; Gaussian filter
XIAO Zhongjie , LI Baofang . Fast Defogging Method Based on Single Image[J]. Journal of Geo-information Science, 2015 , 17(4) : 494 -499 . DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1047.2015.00494
Fig. 1 Atmospheric scattering model图1 大气散射模型 |
Fig. 2 Darker color strength chart for 5000 images图2 5000幅图像暗原色强度统计图 |
Fig. 3 Process of image defogging图3 图像去雾过程示例 |
Fig. 4 Experimental results of defog comparisons图4 去雾实验结果对比 |
Tab. 1 Different dark channel prior defog algorithms compare on the time complexity表1 不同的暗原色先验去雾算法在时间复杂度上的比较 |
图像文件(大小) | 算法[4]时间(s) | 算法[6]时间(s) | 高斯算法时间(s) | 本文算法时间(s) |
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Canon.bmp(400×600) | 56 | 7.1 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
House.bmp(441×450) | 48 | 6.1 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
Tiananmen.bmp(600×450) | 35.6 | 8.1 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
Boulevard.jpg(1024×768) | 152.6 | 22.6 | 4.6 | 4.8 |
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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