Dynamic Dark Channel Prior Dehazing with Polarization

For traditional dark channel prior (DCP) imaging through haze environments, intensity information acts as the carrier to acquire the reflective character of the dehazed target image. We introduce polarization as auxiliary information into the traditional DCP dehazed process for achieving better imag...

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Main Authors: Haotong Suo, Jinge Guan, Miao Ma, Yongsheng Huo, Yaoyu Cheng, Naying Wei, Liying Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-09-01
Series:Applied Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/18/10475
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author Haotong Suo
Jinge Guan
Miao Ma
Yongsheng Huo
Yaoyu Cheng
Naying Wei
Liying Zhang
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Jinge Guan
Miao Ma
Yongsheng Huo
Yaoyu Cheng
Naying Wei
Liying Zhang
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description For traditional dark channel prior (DCP) imaging through haze environments, intensity information acts as the carrier to acquire the reflective character of the dehazed target image. We introduce polarization as auxiliary information into the traditional DCP dehazed process for achieving better imaging performance that can improve target detection or target tracking. In this paper, a polarization imaging system with a split-amplitude structure is designed to enable real-time polarization acquisition of transient scenes. The experimental results show that besides descattering, the proposed method can also simultaneously obtain both light intensity and polarization information from the target. Compared with the traditional DCP method, which only utilizes intensity information as a carrier, a combination of intensity and polarization in the proposed method can effectively detect the target hidden in the background with similar reflectivity. Our investigation has potential application value for optical imaging in scattering environments.
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spelling doaj.art-6213e935401144e6b433bf7dac0b4e182023-11-19T09:28:14ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172023-09-0113181047510.3390/app131810475Dynamic Dark Channel Prior Dehazing with PolarizationHaotong Suo0Jinge Guan1Miao Ma2Yongsheng Huo3Yaoyu Cheng4Naying Wei5Liying Zhang6School of Information and Communication Engineering, North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, ChinaSchool of Information and Communication Engineering, North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, ChinaDepartment of Science, Taiyuan Institute of Technology, Taiyuan 030008, ChinaSchool of Information and Communication Engineering, North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, ChinaSchool of Information and Communication Engineering, North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, ChinaSchool of Instrument and Electronics, North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, ChinaSchool of Instrument and Electronics, North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, ChinaFor traditional dark channel prior (DCP) imaging through haze environments, intensity information acts as the carrier to acquire the reflective character of the dehazed target image. We introduce polarization as auxiliary information into the traditional DCP dehazed process for achieving better imaging performance that can improve target detection or target tracking. In this paper, a polarization imaging system with a split-amplitude structure is designed to enable real-time polarization acquisition of transient scenes. The experimental results show that besides descattering, the proposed method can also simultaneously obtain both light intensity and polarization information from the target. Compared with the traditional DCP method, which only utilizes intensity information as a carrier, a combination of intensity and polarization in the proposed method can effectively detect the target hidden in the background with similar reflectivity. Our investigation has potential application value for optical imaging in scattering environments.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/18/10475dark channel priorpolarizationtarget detection
spellingShingle Haotong Suo
Jinge Guan
Miao Ma
Yongsheng Huo
Yaoyu Cheng
Naying Wei
Liying Zhang
Dynamic Dark Channel Prior Dehazing with Polarization
Applied Sciences
dark channel prior
polarization
target detection
title Dynamic Dark Channel Prior Dehazing with Polarization
title_full Dynamic Dark Channel Prior Dehazing with Polarization
title_fullStr Dynamic Dark Channel Prior Dehazing with Polarization
title_full_unstemmed Dynamic Dark Channel Prior Dehazing with Polarization
title_short Dynamic Dark Channel Prior Dehazing with Polarization
title_sort dynamic dark channel prior dehazing with polarization
topic dark channel prior
polarization
target detection
url https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/18/10475
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