• Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Vol. 60, Issue 14, 1410012 (2023)
Weiqiang Liu1, Peng Zhao1、*, and Xiangying Song2
Author Affiliations
  • 1College of Operational Support, Rocket Force University of Engineering, Xi'an 710025, Shaanxi, China
  • 2Troops No.96951, Beijing 100085, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/LOP222189 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Weiqiang Liu, Peng Zhao, Xiangying Song. Low-Light Image Enhancement Algorithm Based on Multi-Scale Concat Convolutional Neural Network[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2023, 60(14): 1410012 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    To overcome the problems of poor generalizability and an inability to adapt to complex real scenes of traditional low-light image enhancement algorithms, a new method based on multi-scale concat convolutional neural network is proposed here. This method achieves low-light image enhancement by learning the mapping relationship between low-light and normal images. Taking the low-light image as input, the shallow layer information of the image is extracted through the preprocessing module. Then, Selective Kernel Network (SKNet) is fused to the local path to form a feature extraction network. Finally, the global feature is fused with the local feature, which is obtained by weight learning of the feature map with a channel attention module. Bilateral guided upsampling is used to restore the image size and obtain the mapping function of the low-light image, after which the image enhancement is completed. Based on the MIT-Adobe 5K dataset, a comparative experiment with nine other advanced methods showed that the proposed method can effectively improve the brightness and details of low-light images. Hence, the proposed method is superior to other contrast algorithms in terms of visual effects and quantitative evaluation.
    Weiqiang Liu, Peng Zhao, Xiangying Song. Low-Light Image Enhancement Algorithm Based on Multi-Scale Concat Convolutional Neural Network[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2023, 60(14): 1410012
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