標題: Visual Contrast Enhancement Algorithm Based on Histogram Equalization
作者: Ting, Chih-Chung
Wu, Bing-Fei
Chung, Meng-Liang
Chiu, Chung-Cheng
Wu, Ya-Ching
電控工程研究所
Institute of Electrical and Control Engineering
關鍵字: contrast enhancement;dynamic range;histogram equalization (HE);just-noticeable difference (JND)
公開日期: 1-Jul-2015
摘要: Image enhancement techniques primarily improve the contrast of an image to lend it a better appearance. One of the popular enhancement methods is histogram equalization (HE) because of its simplicity and effectiveness. However, it is rarely applied to consumer electronics products because it can cause excessive contrast enhancement and feature loss problems. These problems make the images processed by HE look unnatural and introduce unwanted artifacts in them. In this study, a visual contrast enhancement algorithm (VCEA) based on HE is proposed. VCEA considers the requirements of the human visual perception in order to address the drawbacks of HE. It effectively solves the excessive contrast enhancement problem by adjusting the spaces between two adjacent gray values of the HE histogram. In addition, VCEA reduces the effects of the feature loss problem by using the obtained spaces. Furthermore, VCEA enhances the detailed textures of an image to generate an enhanced image with better visual quality. Experimental results show that images obtained by applying VCEA have higher contrast and are more suited to human visual perception than those processed by HE and other HE-based methods.
URI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s150716981
http://hdl.handle.net/11536/128332
ISSN: 1424-8220
DOI: 10.3390/s150716981
期刊: SENSORS
Volume: 15
Issue: 7
起始頁: 16981
結束頁: 16999
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