Estimation of motion blur kernel parameters using regression convolutional neural networks

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Main Authors: Varela, Luis G., Boucheron, Laura E., Sandoval, Steven, Voelz, David, Siddik, Abu Bucker
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Published: 2023
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author Varela, Luis G.
Boucheron, Laura E.
Sandoval, Steven
Voelz, David
Siddik, Abu Bucker
author_facet Varela, Luis G.
Boucheron, Laura E.
Sandoval, Steven
Voelz, David
Siddik, Abu Bucker
contents Many deblurring and blur kernel estimation methods use a maximum a posteriori (MAP) approach or deep learning-based classification techniques to sharpen an image and/or predict the blur kernel. We propose a regression approach using convolutional neural networks (CNNs) to predict parameters of linear motion blur kernels, the length and orientation of the blur. We analyze the relationship between length and angle of linear motion blur that can be represented as digital filter kernels. A large dataset of blurred images is generated using a suite of blur kernels and used to train a regression CNN for prediction of length and angle of the motion blur. The coefficients of determination for estimation of length and angle are found to be greater than or equal to 0.89, even under the presence of significant additive Gaussian noise, up to a variance of 10\% (SNR of 10 dB). Using our estimated kernel in a non-blind image deblurring method, the sum of squared differences error ratio demonstrates higher cumulative histogram values than comparison methods, with most test images yielding an error ratio of less than or equal to 1.25.
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spellingShingle Estimation of motion blur kernel parameters using regression convolutional neural networks
Varela, Luis G.
Boucheron, Laura E.
Sandoval, Steven
Voelz, David
Siddik, Abu Bucker
Image and Video Processing
Many deblurring and blur kernel estimation methods use a maximum a posteriori (MAP) approach or deep learning-based classification techniques to sharpen an image and/or predict the blur kernel. We propose a regression approach using convolutional neural networks (CNNs) to predict parameters of linear motion blur kernels, the length and orientation of the blur. We analyze the relationship between length and angle of linear motion blur that can be represented as digital filter kernels. A large dataset of blurred images is generated using a suite of blur kernels and used to train a regression CNN for prediction of length and angle of the motion blur. The coefficients of determination for estimation of length and angle are found to be greater than or equal to 0.89, even under the presence of significant additive Gaussian noise, up to a variance of 10\% (SNR of 10 dB). Using our estimated kernel in a non-blind image deblurring method, the sum of squared differences error ratio demonstrates higher cumulative histogram values than comparison methods, with most test images yielding an error ratio of less than or equal to 1.25.
title Estimation of motion blur kernel parameters using regression convolutional neural networks
topic Image and Video Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.01381