Image Dehazing Method of Transmission Line for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Inspection Based on Densely Connection Pyramid Network

• Main Authors: Jun Liu, Rong Jia, Wei Li, Fuqi Ma, Xiaoyang Wang
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hindawi-Wiley 2020-01-01
• Series: Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8857271

The quality of the camera image directly determines the accuracy of the defect identification of the transmission line equipment. However, complex external factors such as haze can seriously affect the image quality of the aircraft. The traditional image dehazing methods are difficult to meet the needs of enhanced image inspection in complex environments. In this paper, the image enhancement technology in haze environment is studied, and an image dehazing method of transmission line based on densely connection pyramid network is proposed. The method uses an improved pyramid network for transmittance map calculation and uses an improved U-net network for atmospheric light value calculation. Then, the transmittance map, atmospheric light value, and dehazed image are jointly optimized to obtain image dehazing model. The method proposed in this paper can improve image brightness and contrast, increase image detail information, and can generate more realistic deblur images than traditional methods.