28 December 2022 Aerial image defogging method based on nonlocal feature structure tensor by UAV cameras with three-channel RGB cameras
Xiaoming Sun, Yang Han, Yan Chen, Yan Duan, Yongliang Wang, Bochao Su
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Abstract

The application of unmanned aerial system (UAV) remote sensing technology as a unique means of spatial data collection in various fields is based on high-resolution images captured by UAVs. However, due to the influence of atmospheric water vapor, haze, and other factors, the quality of UAV aerial images is limited. Considering that the model-based image fogging method developed according to the dark channel theory is widely used, the image edge after fogging incurs a “halo” effect owing to the excessive coarseness of the transmission map. We take advantage of the nonlocal structure tensor of the image to better protect the important details of the image edge while removing noise. The images we used are obtained from the public multi real world fog image dataset. Experiment results demonstrate that the proposed method can effectively eliminate the halo effect that occurs at the edges of an image after demisting.

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Xiaoming Sun, Yang Han, Yan Chen, Yan Duan, Yongliang Wang, and Bochao Su "Aerial image defogging method based on nonlocal feature structure tensor by UAV cameras with three-channel RGB cameras," Journal of Applied Remote Sensing 16(4), 046515 (28 December 2022). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JRS.16.046515
Received: 21 May 2022; Accepted: 9 December 2022; Published: 28 December 2022
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KEYWORDS
Image transmission

Image filtering

Tunable filters

Unmanned aerial vehicles

Image processing

Image restoration

Aerial cameras

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