Single image dehazing based on haze density estimation in different color spaces

Abstract

In this paper, an efficient method for single image dehazing is proposed based on haze density estimation. We provide two forms of haze density estimation in different color spaces, which are called scene-based haze density estimation in HSV color space and pixel-based haze density estimation in RGB color space. The attenuation model of pixel-level transmission is established based on the two haze density estimations by an exponential function. Guided filtering is applied to smooth the transmission map and maintain the local edges. Global atmospheric light is obtained adaptively by smoothed transmission. A series of experiments on different types of hazy images are implemented, and the results reveal that the proposed method can obtain high-quality haze-free images along with abundant details, high color fidelity, and few halo artifacts.