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Low-light image enhancement (LLIE) is a pervasive yet challenging problem, since: 1) low-light measurements may vary due to different imaging conditions in practice; 2) images can be enlightened subjectively according to diverse preferences…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-07-14 Rongkai Zhang , Lanqing Guo , Siyu Huang , Bihan Wen

In multimedia application scenarios, images captured under low-illumination conditions often lead to lower accuracy in visual perception tasks compared to those taken in well-lit environments. To tackle this challenge, we propose AMIEOD, an…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-08 Xiaochen Huang , Honggang Chen , Weicheng Zhang , Xiaobo Dai , Yongyi Li , Linbo Qing , Xiaohai He

Low-light conditions have an adverse impact on machine cognition, limiting the performance of computer vision systems in real life. Since low-light data is limited and difficult to annotate, we focus on image processing to enhance low-light…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-12-11 Igor Morawski , Kai He , Shusil Dangi , Winston H. Hsu

Developing effective approaches to generate enhanced results that align well with human visual preferences for high-quality well-lit images remains a challenge in low-light image enhancement (LLIE). In this paper, we propose a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-05-06 Xiaorui Zhao , Xinyue Zhou , Peibei Cao , Junyu Lou , Shuhang Gu

Low-light image enhancement (LLIE) aims to improve the illuminance of images due to insufficient light exposure. Recently, various lightweight learning-based LLIE methods have been proposed to handle the challenges of unfavorable prevailing…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-05-24 Yuantong Zhang , Baoxin Teng , Daiqin Yang , Zhenzhong Chen , Haichuan Ma , Gang Li , Wenpeng Ding

Traditional image annotation tasks rely heavily on human effort for object selection and label assignment, making the process time-consuming and prone to decreased efficiency as annotators experience fatigue after extensive work. This paper…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-03-17 He Zhang , Xinyi Fu , John M. Carroll

Low-light images suffer from severe noise and low illumination. Current deep learning models that are trained with real-world images have excellent noise reduction, but a ratio parameter must be chosen manually to complete the enhancement…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-04-23 Qingxu Fu , Xiaoguang Di , Yu Zhang

Low-light image enhancement is an inherently subjective process whose targets vary with the user's aesthetic. Motivated by this, several personalized enhancement methods have been investigated. However, the enhancement process based on user…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-07-18 Naishan Zheng , Jie Huang , Qi Zhu , Man Zhou , Feng Zhao , Zheng-Jun Zha

Low-light images, i.e. the images captured in low-light conditions, suffer from very poor visibility caused by low contrast, color distortion and significant measurement noise. Low-light image enhancement is about improving the visibility…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-07-08 Jinxiu Liang , Yong Xu , Yuhui Quan , Jingwen Wang , Haibin Ling , Hui Ji

Contemporary Low-Light Image Enhancement (LLIE) techniques have made notable advancements in preserving image details and enhancing contrast, achieving commendable results on specific datasets. Nevertheless, these approaches encounter…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-06-05 Xiaofeng Liu , Jiaxin Gao , Xin Fan , Risheng Liu

Diffusion model-based low-light image enhancement methods rely heavily on paired training data, leading to limited extensive application. Meanwhile, existing unsupervised methods lack effective bridging capabilities for unknown degradation.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-02-18 Jinhong He , Minglong Xue , Aoxiang Ning , Chengyun Song

Deep learning-based low-light image enhancers have made significant progress in recent years, with a trend towards achieving satisfactory visual quality while gradually reducing the number of parameters and improving computational…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-02-28 Nan An , Long Ma , Guangchao Han , Xin Fan , RIsheng Liu

A low-light image enhancement is a highly demanded image processing technique, especially for consumer digital cameras and cameras on mobile phones. In this paper, a gradient-based low-light image enhancement algorithm is proposed. The key…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-09-26 Masayuki Tanaka , Takashi Shibata , Masatoshi Okutomi

Deep learning-based methods have made impressive progress in enhancing extremely low-light images - the image quality of the reconstructed images has generally improved. However, we found out that most of these methods could not…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-04-05 Pohao Hsu , Che-Tsung Lin , Chun Chet Ng , Jie-Long Kew , Mei Yih Tan , Shang-Hong Lai , Chee Seng Chan , Christopher Zach

Low-light image enhancement is crucial for a myriad of applications, from night vision and surveillance, to autonomous driving. However, due to the inherent limitations that come in hand with capturing images in low-illumination…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-11 Manjushree Aithal , Rosaura G. VidalMata , Manikandtan Kartha , Gong Chen , Eashan Adhikarla , Lucas N. Kirsten , Zhicheng Fu , Nikhil A. Madhusudhana , Joe Nasti

Images acquired in low-light environments present significant obstacles for computer vision systems and human perception, especially for applications requiring accurate object recognition and scene analysis. Such images typically manifest…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-28 Bibhabasu Debnath , Sahana Ray , Sanjay Ghosh

As vision based perception methods are usually built on the normal light assumption, there will be a serious safety issue when deploying them into low light environments. Recently, deep learning based methods have been proposed to enhance…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-10-21 Junjie Hu , Xiyue Guo , Junfeng Chen , Guanqi Liang , Fuqin Deng , Tin lun Lam

Automated object detection has become increasingly valuable across diverse applications, yet efficient, high-quality annotation remains a persistent challenge. In this paper, we present the development and evaluation of a platform designed…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-03-28 Sönke Tenckhoff , Mario Koddenbrock , Erik Rodner

We present a lightweight two-stage framework for low-light image enhancement (LLIE) that achieves competitive perceptual quality with significantly fewer parameters than existing methods. Our approach combines frozen algorithm-based…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-21 Shimon Murai , Teppei Kurita , Ryuta Satoh , Yusuke Moriuchi

The original ImageNet benchmark enforces a single-label assumption, despite many images depicting multiple objects. This leads to label noise and limits the richness of the learning signal. Multi-label annotations more accurately reflect…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-09 Junyu Chen , Md Yousuf Harun , Christopher Kanan