Single I mage Haze Removal Based on Concentration Scale Prior

Abstract

Haze is a major degradation factor in outdoor images. Removing haze from a single image is an ill-posed problem and the performance of existing prior-based image dehazing methods is limited by the effectiveness of hand-designed features. In this paper, new dehazing method is introduced which is refined using gamma transformation and does not utilize the traditional atmospheric scattering model. The proposed method restores haze-free images without reference to corresponding clear image or estimating a depth-dependent transmission map. A novel, simple and powerful Concentration Scale Prior (CSP) is then utilized for haze removal in a single haze image to enhance gamma transformation, and its performance is verified. Experimental results show that the proposed approach achieves superior dehazing performance compared to current state-of-the-art methods.