Separating Reflections from Images Using Polarization Based Approach Includes Image Smoothening
When we take a picture through transparent glass, the image we obtain is often a linear superposition of two images: The image of the scene beyond the glass plus the image of the scene reflected by the glass. In this paper, we deal with a problem of separating the effect of reflection from such images captured behind glass. The input consists of multiple polarized images captured from the same view point but with different polarizer angles. The output is the high quality separation of the reflection layer and the background layer from the images without any prior knowledge about the images. We formulate this problem as a constrained optimization problem and propose a framework that allows us to fully exploit the mutually exclusive image gradients in each of the filtered images to achieve high quality reflection separation results. We test our approach on various images and found that our approach can generate good reflection separation results than the existing methods.
Keywords: Gaussian Pyramid, Reflection Guide Map, Background and Reflection Mask Image.
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
L. Dinesh
L. Dinesh born in Thanjavur district, TamilNadu, India. He received his M.Sc Degree [5 years Integrated] in Software Engineering from Anna University, TamilNadu, India and also Completed MBA in Human Resource and Finance. He is currently pursuing his M.E (Software Engineering) in Periyar Maniammai University, Thanjavur, TamilNadu, India. He has published an international Journal in IJCSI, November 2011 and presented several papers in international and national conferences
A.E. Narayanan
A.E. Narayanan born in the Kanyakumari district, India, currently working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Information Technology, Periyar Maniammai University, TamilNadu, India. He completed his B.E in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Government College of Technology, Coimbatore and M.Tech in Information Technology from Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli. He is doing his PhD in Fault Tolerant Routing in MANET at Periyar Maniammai University. He organizes various National Conferences such as RITIDS in association with Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt. of India New Delhi. He also conducted various National level Workshops in collaboration with IIT Bombay, ISTE and MHRD and guided various M.Tech students for their project and research work. His areas of research are Digital Image Processing, Smart grid and Fault Tolerant Routing in MANET. He is the Member of ISTE, CSI and IEI.
R. Devi
R. Devi born in Thanjavur District, TamilNadu, India. She received her B.Tech in Information Technology from SASTRA University, TamilNadu, India. She is currently pursuing her M.Tech (Software Engineering) in Periyar Maniammai University, Thanjavur, India. She has presented several papers in conferences.
S. Nepoleon
S. Nepoleon born in Thanjavur District, TamilNadu, India. He received his M.Sc Degree [5 years Integrated] in Software Engineering from Anna University, TamilNadu, India and also Completed MBA in Human Resource and Marketing. He is currently pursuing his M.E (Computer Science and Engineering) in Srinivasan Engineering College, Perambalur, TamilNadu, India. He has presented several papers in International and National Conferences.
L. Dinesh
L. Dinesh born in Thanjavur district, TamilNadu, India. He received his M.Sc Degree [5 years Integrated] in Software Engineering from Anna University, TamilNadu, India and also Completed MBA in Human Resource and Finance. He is currently pursuing his M.E (Software Engineering) in Periyar Maniammai University, Thanjavur, TamilNadu, India. He has published an international Journal in IJCSI, November 2011 and presented several papers in international and national conferences
A.E. Narayanan
A.E. Narayanan born in the Kanyakumari district, India, currently working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Information Technology, Periyar Maniammai University, TamilNadu, India. He completed his B.E in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Government College of Technology, Coimbatore and M.Tech in Information Technology from Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli. He is doing his PhD in Fault Tolerant Routing in MANET at Periyar Maniammai University. He organizes various National Conferences such as RITIDS in association with Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt. of India New Delhi. He also conducted various National level Workshops in collaboration with IIT Bombay, ISTE and MHRD and guided various M.Tech students for their project and research work. His areas of research are Digital Image Processing, Smart grid and Fault Tolerant Routing in MANET. He is the Member of ISTE, CSI and IEI.
R. Devi
R. Devi born in Thanjavur District, TamilNadu, India. She received her B.Tech in Information Technology from SASTRA University, TamilNadu, India. She is currently pursuing her M.Tech (Software Engineering) in Periyar Maniammai University, Thanjavur, India. She has presented several papers in conferences.
S. Nepoleon
S. Nepoleon born in Thanjavur District, TamilNadu, India. He received his M.Sc Degree [5 years Integrated] in Software Engineering from Anna University, TamilNadu, India and also Completed MBA in Human Resource and Marketing. He is currently pursuing his M.E (Computer Science and Engineering) in Srinivasan Engineering College, Perambalur, TamilNadu, India. He has presented several papers in International and National Conferences.
