Kai WANG, Yan-jie WANG, Bo FAN. Improved method for single image dehazing using dark channel prior[J]. Chinese journal of liquid crystals and displays, 2016, 31(8): 840-845.
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Kai WANG, Yan-jie WANG, Bo FAN. Improved method for single image dehazing using dark channel prior[J]. Chinese journal of liquid crystals and displays, 2016, 31(8): 840-845. DOI: 10.3788/YJYXS20163108.0840.
Improved method for single image dehazing using dark channel prior
To develop an algorithm for haze removal based on the physics model
this paper proposes an improved and fast method for single image haze removal using dark channel prior. First
we introduce the degraded model for describing the formation of a haze image and several algorithms based on this model. Second
we introduce the method of He's single image haze removal using dark channel prior. The image quality of He's method is satisfactory
but it is a time consuming method because of refining the transmission map with guide filter. We propose an optimized method based on estimating transmission by scene depth directly and the runtime of the new algorithm decreases a lot. Finally
we realize the algorithm in MATLAB and compare the runtime with the original algorithm. Results demonstrates that the new method provides a reliable transmission estimation and a better image quality with around 40% computation time of He's method
and the results of haze images with sky are less halos. The optimized method execute fast and the results demonstrate the new method abilities to remove the haze layer as well as provide a high quality transmission estimation as a byproduct of haze removal which can be used for other applications.
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