An improved single image dehazing method based on dark channel prior and wavelet transform is proposed. This pro-posed method employs wavelet transform and guided filter instead of the soft matting procedure to estima...An improved single image dehazing method based on dark channel prior and wavelet transform is proposed. This pro-posed method employs wavelet transform and guided filter instead of the soft matting procedure to estimate and refine the depth map of haze images. Moreover, a contrast enhancement method based on just noticeable difference （JND） and quadratic function is adopted to enhance the contrast for the dehazed image, since the scene radiance is usual y not as bright as the atmospheric light, and the dehazed image looks dim. The experimental results show that the proposed approach can effectively enhance the haze ima-ge and is wel suitable for implementing on the surveil ance and obstacle detection systems.展开更多
基金This research was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province under Grant Nos. 2015J01012 and 2015J01019.
文摘An improved single image dehazing method based on dark channel prior and wavelet transform is proposed. This pro-posed method employs wavelet transform and guided filter instead of the soft matting procedure to estimate and refine the depth map of haze images. Moreover, a contrast enhancement method based on just noticeable difference （JND） and quadratic function is adopted to enhance the contrast for the dehazed image, since the scene radiance is usual y not as bright as the atmospheric light, and the dehazed image looks dim. The experimental results show that the proposed approach can effectively enhance the haze ima-ge and is wel suitable for implementing on the surveil ance and obstacle detection systems.
