Least-Squares Optimal Contrast Limited Histogram Equalisation

Mcvey, Jake and Finlayson., Graham (2019) Least-Squares Optimal Contrast Limited Histogram Equalisation. In: 27th Color and Imaging Conference, 2019-10-21 - 2019-10-25, Centre International de Conférences, Sorbonne Universités (CICSU).

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Abstract

Contrast Limited Histogram Equalisation moves the input image histogram gently towards one which has a more uniform distribution. Viewed as a tone mapping operation, CLHE generates a tone curve with bounded max and min slopes. It is this boundedness which ensures that the processed images have more detail but few artefacts. Outside of limiting contrast, recent improvements to histogram equalisation include constraining the tone curve to make good whites and blacks and constraining the tone curve to be smooth. This paper makes three contributions. First, we show that the CLHE formalism is not least-squares optimal but optimality can be achieved by reformulating the problem in a quadratic programming framework. Second, we incorporate the additional constraints of tone curve smoothness and good whites and blacks in our quadratic programming CLHE framework. Third, experiments demonstrate the utility of our method.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Computing Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Colour and Imaging Lab
Related URLs:	https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/1...
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	14 Dec 2019 01:28
Last Modified:	26 May 2024 02:09
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/73369
DOI:	10.2352/issn.2169-2629.2019.27.46

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