基于动态直方图均匀化的对比度增强方法

为增强显示设备进行视频信号显示时的图像对比度,提出了一种动态直方图均匀化算法,该算法根据对比度增强系数可实现在不同灰度范围内的直方图均匀化,达到不同程度的对比度增强效果。同时为减少进行对比度增强所需的帧存储器,开发出了一种快速简单的输入视频图像帧间相似性检测方法及电路实现,当判定输入视频图像具有相似性时,后续帧的图像采用前面输入图像的对比度增强映射函数。仿真结果表明,提出的对比度增强方法能根据对比度增强系数实现不同程度的对比度增强,有效地提高了显示设备的图像显示质量。     

一种基于修正直方图的图像增强算法

针对雾天降质图像对比度低的问题,提出了一种基于修正直方图的图像增强算法。统计图像的直方图时,每个像素分为两部分,一部分累加到当前像素灰度级,剩余部分按灰度级平均分配,实现直方图的修正,然后根据修正直方图产生灰度映射函数,由于每个像素只有一部分累加到当前灰度级,这样可以避免局部图像的过度增强。实验表明,该算法比经典的直方图均衡化算法、局部直方图均衡化算法有更好的增强效果。     

一种水下对空成像图像增强算法

针对水下对空成像图像的低对比度增强问题,在对两种直方图均衡化技术详细分析的基础上,提出了一种改进的直方图均衡化的快速算法.该算法将图像划分为不同子区域,计算子区域的均衡化函数,然后设置移动子块的大小和移动步长,最后采用插值方法实现图像的平滑处理.该算法在较好地突出图像细节信息、消除块状效应的同时,避免了复杂的数学运算,取得了较好的效果.     

基于迭代直方图均衡化的常规光源下水下成像增强算法

为了增强常规光源下水下图像的视觉对比度,提高水下图像的图像质量,提出一种基于迭代直方图均衡化水下图像增强算法.首先通过Retinex模型将水下图像分解为细节层和光照层图像.然后推导出一个图像增强模型,该模型能够在保证韦伯对比度的前提下完成图像增强工作.接着提出一种基于迭代直方图的直方图均衡化算法对光照层图像进行对比度增强,并通过S形状函数对细节层图像进行对比度拉伸.最后,合并拉伸后的细节层图像和增强后的光照层图像,进而获得较佳的图像增强效果.实验结果表明,该算法能够有效地提升水下图像的视觉对比度,图像信息熵值及均值结构相似度高于其他算法,图像的视觉效果得到显著提高.     

基于自适应平台阈值和拉普拉斯变换的红外图像增强

针对红外图像对比度低和边缘模糊的特点,提出了一种结合自适应平台直方图均衡化和拉普拉斯变换的方法。采用双数字信号处理器(DSP)并行处理,其中一片DSP采用自适应平台直方图均衡化的方法获得对比度增强后的图像;另一片DSP则进行拉普拉斯变换获得原始图像的边缘图像;最后由第二片DSP完成两幅图像按系数相乘后的叠加融合。实验结果表明:该算法增强效果和实时性较好,处理频率可达50 Hz,既提高了图像对比度又清晰了图像边缘,是提高图像对比度和边缘清晰度的高效算法。     

基于自适应平台阈值和拉普拉斯变换的红外图像增强

针对红外图像对比度低和边缘模糊的特点,提出了一种结合自适应平台直方图均衡化和拉普拉斯变换的方法。采用双数字信号处理器（DSP）并行处理,其中一片DSP采用自适应平台直方图均衡化的方法获得对比度增强后的图像;另一片DSP则进行拉普拉斯变换获得原始图像的边缘图像;最后由第二片DSP完成两幅图像按系数相乘后的叠加融合。实验结果表明：该算法增强效果和实时性较好,处理频率可达50 Hz,既提高了图像对比度又清晰了图像边缘,是提高图像对比度和边缘清晰度的高效算法。     

基于平台直方图的红外图像自适应增强算法

针对红外图像的特点, 提出了一种基于平台直方图均衡化的自适应红外图像增强算法. 该算法通过自适应地选择平台阈值, 对红外图像进行增强处理, 克服了采用一般直方图均衡化增强红外图像的缺点, 同时算法的运算量远远小于其他平台直方图均衡化算法, 便于实时实现. 理论分析和仿真结果均表明, 该算法对红外图像具有很好的增强效果, 可较好的抑制背景的增强, 突出目标.     

多子直方图均衡微光图像增强及FPGA实现

针对微光图像对比度低,目标难以识别的问题,对微光图像增强算法进行了研究。提出了一种多子直方图均衡增强算法,该算法首先将直方图按面积平均分割成4个子直方图,利用平均像素数量作为阈值切割直方图降低过度增强现象,然后加入尺度因子对动态范围进行调整,最后分别对子直方图均衡得到增强效果。此算法用Verilog语言在现场可编程门阵列（FPGA）上具体实现,并给出了主观和客观的评价,改进算法能产生更清晰的图像,在硬件平台上也能实时显示增强效果,一帧图像处理时延约为0.45 ms。实验结果表明,改进算法不会产生饱和、噪声放大的现象,图像细节保持较好,满足视频图像处理实时性要求,得到了具有较好视觉效果的增强图像。     

自适应红外目标特征增强算法

利用直方图均衡化和灰度变换增强算法,不能有效增强红外图像目标。鉴于此,在研究红外图像特点的基础上,提出了一种自适应红外目标特征增强算法。该算法先对红外图像进行中值滤波,滤除掉图像中的随机噪声,然后利用直方图分割将红外图像分为目标和背景2部分,通过线性加权叠加抑制背景和增强目标。实验表明,该算法不仅能够根据红外图像中目标的灰度特性自适应地选取直方图分割阈值,而且在去除噪声和增加对比度的同时还抑制了背景,达到了预期的效果。该算法尤其适用于目标和背景像素比例相近时直方图具有局域双峰特征的红外图像中目标的增强。     

基于改进型平台直方图的红外均衡化算法

针对红外图像特别是红外弱小目标图像的特点,提出了一种基于改进型平台的直方图均衡算法。在设置统计上限平台阈值的基础上,设置了累计直方图上限阈值,并用修改的映射函数算法对图像进行均衡化处理。算法中的上限统计平台阈值对噪声进行了适当抑制,累计平台阈值自适应控制映射动态范围,从而克服了平台直方图均衡化对动态范围较窄的红外图像过分拉仲的缺点。相对平台直方图的均衡算法,该方法能够对多种复杂场景增强图像整体效果,在抑制噪声的同时较好地保持了图像细节。     

Gradient-norm-based histogram equalization taking account of HSV color space distribution

In the present paper, we propose an image contrast enhancement method that can enhance the contrast of a color image naturally by taking account of a color space shape. The proposed method realizes the natural enhancement based on two kinds of intensity histograms: a gradient-norm-based histogram and an ideal histogram derived from the shape of a color space. The former histogram is used to suppress over-enhancement in the flat regions of an image and the latter histogram is used to prevent the whole image from being darken. Concretely, the aforementioned intensity histograms are appropriately mixed into a histogram with a weight based on the average intensity of the input image. The contrast enhancement of the input image is realized using the cumulative histogram of the mixed histogram as an intensity transform function. To verify the validity of the proposed method, in experiments, the proposed method is applied to a variety of images and experimental results are evaluated qualitatively and quantitatively.     

Image contrast enhancement using adjacent-blocks-based modification for local histogram equalization

Infrared images usually have some non-ideal characteristics such as weak target-to-background contrast and strong noise. Because of these characteristics, it is necessary to apply the contrast enhancement algorithm to improve the visual quality of infrared images. Histogram equalization (HE) algorithm is a widely used contrast enhancement algorithm due to its effectiveness and simple implementation. But a drawback of HE algorithm is that the local contrast of an image cannot be equally enhanced. Local histogram equalization algorithms are proved to be the effective techniques for local image contrast enhancement. However, over-enhancement of noise and artifacts can be easily found in the local histogram equalization enhanced images. In this paper, a new contrast enhancement technique based on local histogram equalization algorithm is proposed to overcome the drawbacks mentioned above. The input images are segmented into three kinds of overlapped sub-blocks using the gradients of them. To overcome the over-enhancement effect, the histograms of these sub-blocks are then modified by adjacent sub-blocks. We pay more attention to improve the contrast of detail information while the brightness of the flat region in these sub-blocks is well preserved. It will be shown that the proposed algorithm outperforms other related algorithms by enhancing the local contrast without introducing over-enhancement effects and additional noise.     

High dynamic range compression and detail enhancement of infrared images in the gradient domain

To find the trade-off between providing an accurate perception of the global scene and improving the visibility of details without excessively distorting radiometric infrared information, a novel gradient-domain-based visualization method for high dynamic range infrared images is proposed in this study. The proposed method adopts an energy function which includes a data constraint term and a gradient constraint term. In the data constraint term, the classical histogram projection method is used to perform the initial dynamic range compression to obtain the desired pixel values and preserve the global contrast. In the gradient constraint term, the moment matching method is adopted to obtain the normalized image; then a gradient gain factor function is designed to adjust the magnitudes of the normalized image gradients and obtain the desired gradient field. Lastly, the low dynamic range image is solved from the proposed energy function. The final image is obtained by linearly mapping the low dynamic range image to the 8-bit display range. The effectiveness and robustness of the proposed method are analyzed using the infrared images obtained from different operating conditions. Compared with other well-established methods, our method shows a significant performance in terms of dynamic range compression, while enhancing the details and avoiding the common artifacts, such as halo, gradient reversal, hazy or saturation.     

一种基于粒子群优化的高斯混合灰度图像增强算法

提出一种采用粒子群优化(PSO)的高斯混合灰度图像增强算法。该算法首先采用高斯混合模型(GMM)对输入图像的灰度直方图建模,并采用模型中高斯成分的有效交点来分割直方图。随后,该算法将每个直方图区间的灰度值转换到合适的输出区间,生成增强后的灰度图像,其中转换函数由输入直方图区间的高斯成分和累积分布经过粒子群优化后的参数决定。实验结果显示,该方法生成的图像视觉效果较好,对原图像和纹理细节丰富图像分别进行图像增强,增强后的图像信息熵分别是4.746 6和7.952 6,灰度平均梯度为6.970 6和37.386 1。     

Perceptual contrast enhancement with dynamic range adjustment

Recent years, although great efforts have been made to improve its performance, few Histogram equalization (HE) methods take human visual perception (HVP) into account explicitly. The human visual system (HVS) is more sensitive to edges than brightness. This paper proposes to take use of this nature intuitively and develops a perceptual contrast enhancement approach with dynamic range adjustment through histogram modification. The use of perceptual contrast connects the image enhancement problem with the HVS. To pre-condition the input image before the HE procedure is implemented, a perceptual contrast map (PCM) is constructed based on the modified Difference of Gaussian (DOG) algorithm. As a result, the contrast of the image is sharpened and high frequency noise is suppressed. A modified Clipped Histogram Equalization (CHE) is also developed which improves visual quality by automatically detecting the dynamic range of the image with improved perceptual contrast. Experimental results show that the new HE algorithm outperforms several state-of-the-art algorithms in improving perceptual contrast and enhancing details. In addition, the new algorithm is simple to implement, making it suitable for real-time applications.     

基于模糊逻辑的彩色图像增强

彩色图像的对比度增强具有较强的工程应用价值,提出了一种简单高效的彩色图像增强算法。该算法基于模糊逻辑理论,配合使用RGB和HSI彩色模型,并依据使对比度变换误差最小的原则,调整灰度变换系数。实验结果表明,该方法的增强效果优于传统的直方图均衡,运行效率高,具有实用价值。     

Global and local contrast enhancement algorithm for image using wavelet neural network and stationary wavelet transform

A new contrast enhancement algorithm for image is proposed employing wavelet neural network (WNN)and stationary wavelet transform (SWT). Incomplete Beta transform (IBT) is used to enhance the global contrast for image. In order to avoid the expensive time for traditional contrast enhancement algorithms,which search optimal gray transform parameters in the whole gray transform parameter space, a new criterion is proposed with gray level histogram. Contrast type for original image is determined employing the new criterion. Gray transform parameter space is given respectively according to different contrast types,which shrinks the parameter space greatly. Nonlinear transform parameters are searched by simulated annealing algorithm (SA) so as to obtain optimal gray transform parameters. Thus the searching direction and selection of initial values of simulated annealing is guided by the new parameter space. In order to calculate IBT in the whole image, a kind of WNN is proposed to approximate the IBT. Having enhanced the global contrast to input image, discrete SWT is done to the image which has been processed by previous global enhancement method, local contrast enhancement is implemented by a kind of nonlinear operator in the high frequency sub-band images of each decomposition level respectively. Experimental results show that the new algorithm is able to adaptively enhance the global contrast for the original image while it also extrudes the detail of the targets in the original image well. The computation complexity for the new algorithm is O(MN) log(MN), where M and N are width and height of the original image, respectively.