3-D Video Enhancemnt Based on Histogram Equalization and Edge Sharpening

Abstract:

With the development of stereo vision, much more attention has paid from two-dimensional to three-dimensional (3-D) spaces, research on 3-D image/video becomes an inevitable trend presently. We present a novel research field that focused on the enhancement of 3-D videos, using two different 3-D videos and enhancing them with histogram equalization and edge sharpening algorithms. And we utilize the subjective assessment in the experiments. The experimental results show that the edge sharpening method has better effect than the histogram equalization method in 3-D video mode. But we also find some problems that both methods have blurred edges.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 333-335)
• Pages: 1129-1133
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.333-335.1129
• Online since: July 2013
• Authors: Yi Min Qiu, Shi Hong Chen, Yi Zhou, Ying Wang
• Keywords: 3-D Video, Edge Sharpening, Histogram Equalization, Mage Enhancement, Stereo Vision, Subjective Assessment

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