In landscape photography, distant objects often appear blurred with a blue color cast, a degradation caused by atmospheric haze. To enhance image contrast, pleasantness and inform...
We propose a system that reads the text encountered in natural scenes with the aim to provide assistance to the visually impaired persons. This paper describes the system design a...
—Content-based video indexing and retrieval has become an interesting research area with the tremendous growth in the amount of digital media. In addition to the audio-visual con...
Digital images have been used in growing number of applications from law enforcement and surveillance, to medical diagnosis and consumer photography. With such widespread populari...
The task of image acquisition is completely dominated by CCD-based sensors fabricated on specialized process lines. These devices provide an essentially passive means of detecting...
Alex G. Dickinson, Bryan D. Ackland, El-Sayed Eid,...