Imaging through aerosol obscurants
First Claim
1. A method for determining a level of haze within a field of view of an image sensor adapted for detecting one or more color components, the method comprising:
- (a) collecting a first image of one or more objects within the field of view at a first point in time at which a first set of haze conditions are present;
(b) defining one or more regions of the first image as a reference;
(c) determining reference intensities for each of the one or more color components for the reference;
(d) collecting at least one second image of one or more objects within the field of view at one or more second points in time at which a different second set of haze conditions are present;
(e) determining intensities for each of the one or more color components within the at least one second image;
(f) comparing the intensities for each of the one or more color components of the at least one second image against the reference intensities;
(g) if the intensities of the at least one second image differs from the reference intensity by more than a predetermined threshold, designating all or a portion of the at least one second image as being obscured by haze; and
(h) generating an output identifying the designated portions of the at least second image as requiring correction.
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Abstract
A method for determining a level of haze within a field of view of an image sensor adapted for detecting a plurality of color components includes collecting a first image of the field of view at a first point in time, defining regions of the first image as a reference and determining reference intensities for each color component. At least one second image is collected at different points in time and intensities for each color component are determined and compared against the reference intensities. If the intensities of second image differ from the reference intensities by more than a predetermined threshold, all or a portion of the second image is designated as being obscured by haze and requiring correction.
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28 Claims
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1. A method for determining a level of haze within a field of view of an image sensor adapted for detecting one or more color components, the method comprising:
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(a) collecting a first image of one or more objects within the field of view at a first point in time at which a first set of haze conditions are present; (b) defining one or more regions of the first image as a reference; (c) determining reference intensities for each of the one or more color components for the reference; (d) collecting at least one second image of one or more objects within the field of view at one or more second points in time at which a different second set of haze conditions are present; (e) determining intensities for each of the one or more color components within the at least one second image; (f) comparing the intensities for each of the one or more color components of the at least one second image against the reference intensities; (g) if the intensities of the at least one second image differs from the reference intensity by more than a predetermined threshold, designating all or a portion of the at least one second image as being obscured by haze; and (h) generating an output identifying the designated portions of the at least second image as requiring correction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising a plurality of instructions, that in response to be executed, result in a processor executing the steps of:
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(a) collecting a first image of one or more objects within the field of view of an image sensor at a first point in time at which a first set of haze conditions are present, wherein the image sensor is adapted to detect one or more color components; (b) defining one or more regions of the first image as a reference; (c) determining reference intensities for each of the one or more color components for the reference; (d) collecting at least one second image of one or more objects within the field of view at one or more second points in time at which a different second set of haze conditions are present; (e) determining intensities for each of the one or more color components within the at least one second image; (f) comparing the intensities for each of the one or more color components of the at least one second image against the reference intensities; (g) if the intensities of the at least one second image differs from the reference intensity by more than a predetermined threshold, designating all or a portion of the at least one second image as being obscured by haze; and (h) generating an output identifying the designated portions of the at least second image as requiring correction. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method for determining a level of haze within a field of view of an image sensor, the method comprises:
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detecting one or more color components by collecting a first image of one or more objects within the field of view at a first point in time at which a first set of haze conditions are present; defining one or more regions of the first image by segmenting the first image into a plurality of tiles to define a plurality of reference tiles; determining reference intensities for each color component by normalizing intensity values for each of the one or more color components for each reference tile and generating a cumulative histogram of intensity for each of the one or more color components to define a reference set of histograms; collecting at least one second image of one or more objects within the field of view at one or more second points in time at which a different second set of haze conditions are present; determining intensities for each of the one or more color components within the at least one second image by segmenting the at least one second image into the plurality of tiles, normalizing intensity values for each of the one or more color components for each tile and generating a cumulative histogram of intensity for each of the one or more color components to define a second set of histograms; comparing the second set of histograms against the reference set of histograms; if the second set of histograms differs from the reference set of histograms by more than a predetermined threshold, designating one or more tiles within the at least one second image as being obscured by haze; and generating an output identifying the one or more tiles of the at least second image as requiring correction. - View Dependent Claims (28)
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