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Definition and Analysis of Shadow Features for Shadow Detection in Single Natural Image

단일 자연 영상에서 그림자 검출을 위한 그림자 특징 요소들의 정의와 분석

  • Park, Ki Hong (Division of Convergence Computer & Media, Mokwon University) ;
  • Lee, Yang Sun (Division of Convergence Computer & Media, Mokwon University)
  • 박기홍 (목원대학교 융합컴퓨터미디어학부) ;
  • 이양선 (목원대학교 융합컴퓨터미디어학부)
  • Received : 2018.01.01
  • Accepted : 2018.01.29
  • Published : 2018.01.31
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Abstract

Shadow is a physical phenomenon observed in natural scenes and has a negative effect on various image processing systems such as intelligent video surveillance, traffic surveillance and aerial imagery analysis. Therefore, shadow detection should be considered as a preprocessing process in all areas of computer vision. In this paper, we define and analyze various feature elements for shadow detection in a single natural image that does not require a reference image. The shadow elements describe the intensity, chromaticity, illuminant-invariant, color invariance, and entropy image, which indicate the uncertainty of the information. The results show that the chromaticity and illuminant-invariant images are effective for shadow detection. In the future, we will define a fusion map of various shadow feature elements, and continue to study shadow detection that can adapt to various lighting levels, and shadow removal using chromaticity and illuminance invariant images.

그림자는 자연 영상에서 관찰되는 물리적인 현상으로 지능형 비디오 감시, 교통 감시 및 항공 영상 분석 등과 같은 다양한 영상처리 시스템에 부정적인 영향을 미치는 요소이다. 따라서 그림자의 검출은 컴퓨터 비전의 전 분야에서 전처리 과정으로 고려되어야 한다. 본 논문에서는 참조 영상이 필요 없는 단일 자연 영상에서 그림자 검출을 위한 다양한 특징 요소들을 정의하고 분석하였다. 그림자 요소들은 영상의 밝기, 색도, 조도불변, 색상불변 및 정보의 불확실성을 의미하는 엔트로피 영상 등을 기술하였으며, 분석 결과 색도와 조도불변 영상이 그림자 검출 및 복원에 효과적임을 알 수 있었다. 향후 다양한 그림자 특징 요소들의 퓨전 맵을 정의하고, 다양한 조명 수준에 적응 가능한 그림자 검출 및 색도와 조도불변 영상을 이용한 그림자 제거 연구를 계속하고자 한다.

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