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Visibility enhancement of single hazy images using hybrid dark channel prior

  • Yi Jui Cheng
  • , Bo Hao Chen
  • , Shih Chia Huang*
  • , Sy Yen Kuo
  • , Andrey Kopylov
  • , Oleg Seredin
  • , Leonid Mestetskiy
  • , Boris Vishnyakov
  • , Yury Vizilter
  • , Oleg Vygolov
  • , Chia Ruei Lian
  • , Chi Ting Wu
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • National Taipei University of Technology
  • National Taiwan University
  • Tula State University
  • Lomonosov Moscow State University
  • State Scientific Research Institute of Aviation Systems
  • TPV Technology Ltd.

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Abstract

Outdoor images captured during inclement weather conditions generally exhibit visibility degradation. Localized light sources often result from activation of streetlights and vehicle headlights and are common scenarios in these conditions. The presence of localized light sources in hazy images may cause the generation of oversaturation artifacts when those images are restored by traditional state-of-the-art haze removal techniques. Therefore, we propose a novel haze removal approach based on the proposed hybrid dark channel prior technique in order to remedy the problems associated with localized light sources during image restoration. The overall results show that the proposed haze removal approach can recover haze-free images more effectively than can the other previous state-of-the-art haze removal approach while avoiding over-saturation.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2013 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2013
Pages3627-3632
Number of pages6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
Externally publishedYes
Event2013 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2013 - Manchester, United Kingdom
Duration: 13 10 201316 10 2013

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2013 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2013

Conference

Conference2013 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2013
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityManchester
Period13/10/1316/10/13

Keywords

  • Dark channel prior
  • Haze removal
  • Localized light

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