A Novel Patch-Based Multi-Exposure Image Fusion Using Super-Pixel Segmentation

A novel multi-exposure image fusion method is proposed for solving the problems of color distortion and detail loss through adaptive image patch segmentation. First, we use the super-pixel segmentation approach to divide the input images into the non-overlapping image patches composed of pixels with...

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Main Authors: Shupeng Wang, Yao Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2020-01-01
Series:IEEE Access
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9007433/
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description A novel multi-exposure image fusion method is proposed for solving the problems of color distortion and detail loss through adaptive image patch segmentation. First, we use the super-pixel segmentation approach to divide the input images into the non-overlapping image patches composed of pixels with similar visual properties. Then, the image patches are decomposed into three independent components: signal strength, image structure and intensity. The three components are fused separately based on characteristics of human vision system and exposure level of input image. While, guided filtering is used to remove the blocking artifacts caused by patch-wise processing. In contrast to the existing methods which use fixed-size patches, the proposed method avoids blocking effect and preserves the color attribute of the input images. The experimental results show that the proposed method has advantages both in subjective and objective evaluation over the state-of-the-art multi-exposure fusion methods.
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spelling doaj.art-8466a820751b4169bf4e0761496de59b2022-12-21T18:13:46ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362020-01-018390343904510.1109/ACCESS.2020.29758969007433A Novel Patch-Based Multi-Exposure Image Fusion Using Super-Pixel SegmentationShupeng Wang0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6525-2001Yao Zhao1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9534-4193College of Communication and Information Engineering, Xi’an University of Science and Technology, Xi’an, ChinaCollege of Communication and Information Engineering, Xi’an University of Science and Technology, Xi’an, ChinaA novel multi-exposure image fusion method is proposed for solving the problems of color distortion and detail loss through adaptive image patch segmentation. First, we use the super-pixel segmentation approach to divide the input images into the non-overlapping image patches composed of pixels with similar visual properties. Then, the image patches are decomposed into three independent components: signal strength, image structure and intensity. The three components are fused separately based on characteristics of human vision system and exposure level of input image. While, guided filtering is used to remove the blocking artifacts caused by patch-wise processing. In contrast to the existing methods which use fixed-size patches, the proposed method avoids blocking effect and preserves the color attribute of the input images. The experimental results show that the proposed method has advantages both in subjective and objective evaluation over the state-of-the-art multi-exposure fusion methods.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9007433/Multi-exposure image fusionsuper-pixel segmentationstructural patch decompositionguided filtering
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A Novel Patch-Based Multi-Exposure Image Fusion Using Super-Pixel Segmentation
IEEE Access
Multi-exposure image fusion
super-pixel segmentation
structural patch decomposition
guided filtering
title A Novel Patch-Based Multi-Exposure Image Fusion Using Super-Pixel Segmentation
title_full A Novel Patch-Based Multi-Exposure Image Fusion Using Super-Pixel Segmentation
title_fullStr A Novel Patch-Based Multi-Exposure Image Fusion Using Super-Pixel Segmentation
title_full_unstemmed A Novel Patch-Based Multi-Exposure Image Fusion Using Super-Pixel Segmentation
title_short A Novel Patch-Based Multi-Exposure Image Fusion Using Super-Pixel Segmentation
title_sort novel patch based multi exposure image fusion using super pixel segmentation
topic Multi-exposure image fusion
super-pixel segmentation
structural patch decomposition
guided filtering
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9007433/
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