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An Edge Directed Color Demosaicing Algorithm Considering Color Channel Correlation

컬러 채널 상관관계를 고려한 에지 방향성 컬러 디모자이킹 알고리즘

  • Yoo, Du Sic (Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University) ;
  • Lee, Min Seok (Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University) ;
  • Kang, Moon Gi (Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University)
  • 유두식 (연세대학교 전기전자공학과) ;
  • 이민석 (연세대학교 전기전자공학과) ;
  • 강문기 (연세대학교 전기전자공학과)
  • Received : 2013.03.29
  • Accepted : 2013.07.01
  • Published : 2013.07.30

Abstract

In this paper, we propose an edge directed color demosaicing algorithm considering color channel correlation. The proposed method consists of local region classification step and edge directional interpolation step. In the first step, each region of a given Bayer image is classified as normal edge, pattern edge, and flat regions by using intra channel and inter channel gradients. Especially, two criteria and verification process for the normal edge and pattern edge classification are used to reduce edge direction estimation error, respectively. In the second step, edge directional interpolation process is performed according to characteristics of the classified regions. For horizontal and vertical directional interpolations, missing color components are obtained from interpolation equations based on intra channel and inter channel correlations in order to improve the performance of the directional interpolations. The simulation results show that the proposed algorithm outperforms conventional approaches in both objective and subjective terms.

본 논문은 컬러 채널 상관관계를 고려한 에지 방향성 컬러 디모자이킹 방법을 제안한다. 제안하는 방법은 영역 분류 과정과 에지 방향성 컬러 보간 과정으로 이루어진다. 영역 분류 과정에서 채널 내 기울기와 채널 간 기울기값을 사용하여 주어진 Bayer 영상을 일반 에지, 패턴 에지, 평탄 영역으로 분류한다. 이때 일반 에지 판정 과정에서 두 개의 에지 방향 판정 기준을 사용하고, 패턴 에지 판정 과정에서 판정된 에지 방향에 대한 검증과정을 적용하여 에지 방향 추정 오류를 줄이도록 하였다. 보간 과정에서는 영역 분류과정에서 판단된 에지 방향에 따라 보간을 수행한다. 특히, 각 에지 방향에 대한 보간 성능을 향상시키기 위해 수평, 수직 방향 보간값은 채널 내 상관관계에 기반을 둔 컬러 보간식과 채널 간 상관관계에 기반을 둔 컬러 보간식을 영역 적응적으로 융합하여 구하였다. 실험결과를 통해 제안하는 방법이 기존 방법에 비해 수치적인 면과 시각적인 면에서 뛰어난 결과를 보임을 확인 할 수 있다.

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