Single Image Dehazing Based on the Physical Model and MSRCR Algorithm

To address the hazy weather image degradation problem, we propose a single image dehazing method based on a physical model and the brightness components of the image by using a multi-scale retinex with color restoration algorithm. The overall dehazing process involves three components, including the atmospheric light value calculation, transmission map estimation, and recovery of the hazy image scene radiance. Our contribution is that we propose a novel algorithm to dehaze a single image by calculating the atmospheric light value and computing the transmission map while considering the dynamic range of the image. Experimental results show that our algorithm can effectively improve the image quality degraded by foggy weather and retain sufficient image details.