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Edge-guided Low-light Image Enhancement with Inertial Bregman Alternating Linearized Minimization

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2025-07-29 v2 Numerical Analysis Numerical Analysis

Abstract

Prior-based methods for low-light image enhancement often face challenges in extracting available prior information from dim images. To overcome this limitation, we introduce a simple yet effective Retinex model with the proposed edge extraction prior. More specifically, we design an edge extraction network to capture the fine edge features from the low-light image directly. Building upon the Retinex theory, we decompose the low-light image into its illumination and reflectance components and introduce an edge-guided Retinex model for enhancing low-light images. To solve the proposed model, we propose a novel inertial Bregman alternating linearized minimization algorithm. This algorithm addresses the optimization problem associated with the edge-guided Retinex model, enabling effective enhancement of low-light images. Through rigorous theoretical analysis, we establish the convergence properties of the algorithm. Besides, we prove that the proposed algorithm converges to a stationary point of the problem through nonconvex optimization theory. Furthermore, extensive experiments are conducted on multiple real-world low-light image datasets to demonstrate the efficiency and superiority of the proposed scheme.

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@article{arxiv.2403.01142,
  title  = {Edge-guided Low-light Image Enhancement with Inertial Bregman Alternating Linearized Minimization},
  author = {Chaoyan Huang and Zhongming Wu and Tieyong Zeng},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.01142},
  year   = {2025}
}

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16 pages

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