Enhancing Low-light Light Field Images with A Deep Compensation Unfolding Network

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Main Authors: Lyu, Xianqiang, Hou, Junhui
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author Lyu, Xianqiang
Hou, Junhui
author_facet Lyu, Xianqiang
Hou, Junhui
contents This paper presents a novel and interpretable end-to-end learning framework, called the deep compensation unfolding network (DCUNet), for restoring light field (LF) images captured under low-light conditions. DCUNet is designed with a multi-stage architecture that mimics the optimization process of solving an inverse imaging problem in a data-driven fashion. The framework uses the intermediate enhanced result to estimate the illumination map, which is then employed in the unfolding process to produce a new enhanced result. Additionally, DCUNet includes a content-associated deep compensation module at each optimization stage to suppress noise and illumination map estimation errors. To properly mine and leverage the unique characteristics of LF images, this paper proposes a pseudo-explicit feature interaction module that comprehensively exploits redundant information in LF images. The experimental results on both simulated and real datasets demonstrate the superiority of our DCUNet over state-of-the-art methods, both qualitatively and quantitatively. Moreover, DCUNet preserves the essential geometric structure of enhanced LF images much better. The code will be publicly available at https://github.com/lyuxianqiang/LFLL-DCU.
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spellingShingle Enhancing Low-light Light Field Images with A Deep Compensation Unfolding Network
Lyu, Xianqiang
Hou, Junhui
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Image and Video Processing
This paper presents a novel and interpretable end-to-end learning framework, called the deep compensation unfolding network (DCUNet), for restoring light field (LF) images captured under low-light conditions. DCUNet is designed with a multi-stage architecture that mimics the optimization process of solving an inverse imaging problem in a data-driven fashion. The framework uses the intermediate enhanced result to estimate the illumination map, which is then employed in the unfolding process to produce a new enhanced result. Additionally, DCUNet includes a content-associated deep compensation module at each optimization stage to suppress noise and illumination map estimation errors. To properly mine and leverage the unique characteristics of LF images, this paper proposes a pseudo-explicit feature interaction module that comprehensively exploits redundant information in LF images. The experimental results on both simulated and real datasets demonstrate the superiority of our DCUNet over state-of-the-art methods, both qualitatively and quantitatively. Moreover, DCUNet preserves the essential geometric structure of enhanced LF images much better. The code will be publicly available at https://github.com/lyuxianqiang/LFLL-DCU.
title Enhancing Low-light Light Field Images with A Deep Compensation Unfolding Network
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Image and Video Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.05404