• Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Vol. 59, Issue 4, 0411001 (2022)
Yufei Meng1、2, Xiaoling Wang1, Chang Liu2、*, and Zhehai Zhou1
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Instrument Science and Opto Electronic Engineering, Beijing Information Science & Technology University, Beijing 100192, China
  • 2Institute of Applied Mathematics, Beijing Information Science & Technology University, Beijing 100085, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/LOP202259.0411001 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Yufei Meng, Xiaoling Wang, Chang Liu, Zhehai Zhou. Dehazing of Dual Angle Polarization Image Based on Mean Comparison of Quartering Dark Channels[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2022, 59(4): 0411001 Copy Citation Text show less
    Atmospheric scattering model
    Fig. 1. Atmospheric scattering model
    Operation flow of mean comparison method of quarter dark channel method and corresponding result. (a) Quarter dark channel method; (b) the same position of original image
    Fig. 2. Operation flow of mean comparison method of quarter dark channel method and corresponding result. (a) Quarter dark channel method; (b) the same position of original image
    Polarization images captured when polarizer rotates four fixed angles. (a) 0°; (b) 45°; (c) 90°; (d) 135°
    Fig. 3. Polarization images captured when polarizer rotates four fixed angles. (a) 0°; (b) 45°; (c) 90°; (d) 135°
    Output images at each stage in mist for scene 1.(a) I⊥; (b) I∥; (c) dehazing image obtained by single image dark channel method; (d) quarter dark channel process; (e) selection of A∞; (f) dehazing image
    Fig. 4. Output images at each stage in mist for scene 1.(a) I; (b) I; (c) dehazing image obtained by single image dark channel method; (d) quarter dark channel process; (e) selection of A; (f) dehazing image
    Dehazing effect in mist for scene 2. (a) Synthetic original hazed image; (b) hazed image obtained by quarter dark channel mean comparison method; (c) hazed image obtained by single image dark channel method; (d)‒(f) local enlarged images of Figs. 5(a)‒5(c)
    Fig. 5. Dehazing effect in mist for scene 2. (a) Synthetic original hazed image; (b) hazed image obtained by quarter dark channel mean comparison method; (c) hazed image obtained by single image dark channel method; (d)‒(f) local enlarged images of Figs. 5(a)‒5(c)
    Dehazing effect under dense haze for scene 3. (a) Synthetic dense haze image; (b) preliminary defogging effect; (c) dehazing local magnification; (d) corrected dehazing effect; (e) local amplification after correction; (f) single image dark channel dehazing
    Fig. 6. Dehazing effect under dense haze for scene 3. (a) Synthetic dense haze image; (b) preliminary defogging effect; (c) dehazing local magnification; (d) corrected dehazing effect; (e) local amplification after correction; (f) single image dark channel dehazing
    Dehazing effect under dense haze for scene 4. (a) Image with haze; (b) dehazing image obtained by proposed method; (c) dehazing image obtained by single image dark channel method; (d)~(f) enlargement images of selected boxes in Figs. 7(a)‒(c)
    Fig. 7. Dehazing effect under dense haze for scene 4. (a) Image with haze; (b) dehazing image obtained by proposed method; (c) dehazing image obtained by single image dark channel method; (d)~(f) enlargement images of selected boxes in Figs. 7(a)‒(c)
    Comparison of image gray histograms before and after defogging. (a) Before dehazing of scene 1; (b) after dehazing of scene 1; (c) before dehazing of scene 3; (d) after dehazing of scene 3
    Fig. 8. Comparison of image gray histograms before and after defogging. (a) Before dehazing of scene 1; (b) after dehazing of scene 1; (c) before dehazing of scene 3; (d) after dehazing of scene 3
    Image (mist)Image with hazeSingle image dark channelDual images based on quarter dark channel
    NRSS (scene 1)0.103950.119010.11809
    NRSS (scene 2)0.014450.050340.05541
    Mean gradient (scene 1)0.01900.04020.0517
    Mean gradient (scene 2)0.00870.01410.0151
    Table 1. Effect of dehazing in mist
    Image (dense haze)Image with hazeSingle image dark channelDual images based on quarter dark channel
    NRSS (scene 3)0.0671230.0974240.099112
    NRSS (scene 4)0.240010.068070.065991
    Mean gradient (scene 3)0.01270.03950.0684
    Mean gradient (scene 4)0.00660.01870.0204
    Table 2. Effect of dehazing in dense haze
    Yufei Meng, Xiaoling Wang, Chang Liu, Zhehai Zhou. Dehazing of Dual Angle Polarization Image Based on Mean Comparison of Quartering Dark Channels[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2022, 59(4): 0411001
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