A Multi-exposure Image Fusion Method for Halo Removal

Abstract

The invention discloses a multi-exposure image fusion method for halo removal, which calculates the local gradient sparse complexity map and the exposure quality map of the brightness image of each exposure image; and then fuses to obtain the brightness image of each exposure image Initially fuse the weight image, and then obtain the normalized image of the initial fusion weight image of the brightness image of each exposure image, the normalized image of the optimized image; and then obtain the final fusion image of all exposure images; the advantage is that by targeting the brightness Sparse representation of image gradient magnitude Image construction of local gradient sparse complexity map and exposure quality map for image fusion, effectively suppressing the influence of large-value invalid gradients in the process of image fusion, and eliminating light in the fusion image Halo phenomenon, and can more effectively extract the image texture details under different exposure conditions in the multi-exposure image sequence, so the fusion image contains richer texture details and has higher definition.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to an image processing technology, in particular to a multi-exposure image fusion method for halo removal. Background technique [0002] Dynamic range is the ratio of the maximum and minimum values ​​in a signal that can vary. For an actual scene, the dynamic range refers to the ratio of the maximum brightness value to the minimum brightness value existing in the actual scene. Due to the rich light, shadow and color information in the real natural environment, the dynamic range of its brightness is generally very large, and the maximum can span 10 14 The order of magnitude far exceeds the dynamic range that can be captured by common imaging devices currently on the market. Therefore, the high dynamic range imaging technology that can truly reproduce natural scenes has become more and more popular due to its perfect texture detail preservation and realistic visual perception. Widely used in digital photography, aerospace, satelli...

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However, the above fusion methods do not fully consider the high dynamic range scene. The high dynamic range image obtained by multi-exposure fusion is likely to produce halo phenomenon in the local brightness change area, which affects the human visual perception result.

In the process of multi-exposure image fusion, halo phenomenon will occur in the area where the brightness changes sharply in the scene. The main reason is that during the acquisition process of the multi-exposure image sequence, a certain dynamic range of the scene can be obtained by changing the exposure and choosing the brightness information. However, the degree of severe local brightness changes in the scene may far exceed the dynamic range that ordinary cameras can cover. The gradient amplitude obtained at the adjacent boundary is much larger than the gradient amplitude obtained at the same position under other exposure conditions. Applying this large value gradient to the multi-exposure fusion process will produce halos in the fused image

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