TY - GEN
T1 - Removal of glare caused by water droplets
AU - Hara, Takenori
AU - Saito, Hideo
AU - Kanade, Takeo
PY - 2009/12/1
Y1 - 2009/12/1
N2 - Removal of view disturbing noise from an image obtained with a camera under adverse weather conditions is important. In this paper, we present a method of removing glare caused by water droplets, or other foreign objects, adhering to an imaging lens or its protective glass. We have designed and implemented an electronically controlled optical shutter array that detects and removes glare. Our system can easily be used with unmodified, commercially available digital cameras and lenses. We also present the possibility of applying this technique for the removal of general glare caused by the imaging lens itself.
AB - Removal of view disturbing noise from an image obtained with a camera under adverse weather conditions is important. In this paper, we present a method of removing glare caused by water droplets, or other foreign objects, adhering to an imaging lens or its protective glass. We have designed and implemented an electronically controlled optical shutter array that detects and removes glare. Our system can easily be used with unmodified, commercially available digital cameras and lenses. We also present the possibility of applying this technique for the removal of general glare caused by the imaging lens itself.
KW - Coded imaging
KW - Computational photography
KW - Glare
KW - Image processing
KW - Image statistics
KW - Optical shutter
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U2 - 10.1109/CVMP.2009.17
DO - 10.1109/CVMP.2009.17
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77952177596
SN - 9780769538938
T3 - CVMP 2009 - The 6th European Conference for Visual Media Production
SP - 144
EP - 151
BT - CVMP 2009 - The 6th European Conference for Visual Media Production
T2 - 6th European Conference for Visual Media Production, CVMP 2009
Y2 - 12 November 2009 through 13 November 2009
ER -