COLOR-PRESERVING DEFOG METHOD FOR FOGGY OR HAZY SCENES

Dongbin Xu, Chuangbai Xiao, Jing Yu

2009

Abstract

Bad weather, such as fog and haze, can significantly degrade the imaging quality, which becomes a major problem for many applications of computer vision. In this paper, we propose a novel color-preserving defog method based on the Retinex theory, using a single image as an input without user interactions. In the proposed method, we apply the Retinex theory to fog/haze removal form foggy/hazy images, and conceive a new strategy of fog/haze estimation. Experiment results demonstrate that the proposed method can not only remove fog or haze present in foggy or hazy images, but also restore real color of clear-day counterparts, without color distortion. Besides, the proposed method has very fast implementation.

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in Harvard Style

Xu D., Xiao C. and Yu J. (2009). COLOR-PRESERVING DEFOG METHOD FOR FOGGY OR HAZY SCENES . In Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 1: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2009) ISBN 978-989-8111-69-2, pages 69-73. DOI: 10.5220/0001776200690073


in Bibtex Style

@conference{visapp09,
author={Dongbin Xu and Chuangbai Xiao and Jing Yu},
title={COLOR-PRESERVING DEFOG METHOD FOR FOGGY OR HAZY SCENES },
booktitle={Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 1: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2009)},
year={2009},
pages={69-73},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001776200690073},
isbn={978-989-8111-69-2},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 1: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2009)
TI - COLOR-PRESERVING DEFOG METHOD FOR FOGGY OR HAZY SCENES
SN - 978-989-8111-69-2
AU - Xu D.
AU - Xiao C.
AU - Yu J.
PY - 2009
SP - 69
EP - 73
DO - 10.5220/0001776200690073