Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 41, Issue 11, 1133002(2021)

Color Constancy with Multi-Channel Confidence-Weighted Method

Zepeng Yang, Kai Xie*, Tong Li, Mengyao Yang, and Bin Yang
Author Affiliations
  • School of Information Engineering, Beijing Institute of Graphic Communication, Beijing 102600, China
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    Figures & Tables(12)
    Network structure
    Flow chart of the color constancy algorithm
    Ambiguous of the light source estimation
    Comparison of the number of confidence-weighted areas of single-channel and three-channel light source
    CC module network structure diagram
    Samples of the dataset
    Diagram of the network training stage
    Graph of the network training loss value
    Visualization of the network output. (a) Input images; (b) using proposed algorithm to estimate images corrected by light source; (c) weight distribution diagrams of proposed algorithm to weight the image multi-channel confidence; (d) standard light source; (e) Grey-world algorithm; (f) White-Patch algorithm; (g) Shades-of-Grey algorithm; (h) Grey-Edge algorithm
    • Table 1. Comparison of the number of network parameters between proposed algorithm and other algorithms

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      Table 1. Comparison of the number of network parameters between proposed algorithm and other algorithms

      MethodNumber of parameters /M
      Lou[22]56.9
      CNN[7]14.9
      DS-Net[23]4.2
      FC4(AlexNet)[14]2.9
      FC4(SqueezeNet)[14]1.2
      IEN+PSN[21]1.6
      Proposed method0.7
    • Table 2. Test error results using NUS-8 camera data set

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      Table 2. Test error results using NUS-8 camera data set

      MethodMeanMedianTriple meanBest 25%Worst 25%
      Grey-word[26]4.1403.2003.3900.9009.000
      White-Patch[27]10.62010.58010.4901.86019.450
      Shades-of-Grey[28]3.4002.5702.7300.7707.410
      1-order Grey Edge[4]3.2002.2202.4300.7207.360
      2-order Grey Edge[4]3.2002.2602.4400.7507.270
      Pixel-based Gamut[29]7.7006.7106.9002.51014.050
      Edge-based Gamut[29]8.4307.0507.3702.41016.080
      Bayesian[6]3.6702.7302.9100.8208.210
      Using CNNs[7]7.6006.9007.4003.00012.400
      Deep color constancy[22]6.2005.0005.4003.9008.600
      CCC[30]2.8001.8001.9000.8506.300
      CC-GANs(pix-pix)[13]3.8003.0003.7001.9008.400
      FC4-AlexNet[14]2.1201.5301.6700.4804.780
      FC4-SqueezeNet[14]IEN+PSN[21]Multi-Hypothesis[31]2.2302.1002.3501.5701.3501.5501.2701.5101.7300.4700.4500.4605.1505.0105.620
      Proposed method1.5661.0321.1620.3523.472
    • Table 3. Test error results using the reprocessed ColorChecker data set

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      Table 3. Test error results using the reprocessed ColorChecker data set

      MethodMeanMedianTriple meanBest 25%Worst 25%95th
      Grey-world[26]10.70010.60010.7003.45012.30017.400
      White-Patch[27]9.8008.0008.9003.80013.60022.300
      Shades-of-Grey[28]8.3007.5007.8002.90011.80017.000
      1-order Grey Edge[4]5.0003.7004.1003.90010.10013.300
      2-order Grey Edge[4]5.4004.5004.8002.6009.80012.800
      Pixel-based Gamut[29]6.9005.2005.7001.80011.70018.200
      Edge-based Gamut[29]6.9004.6005.2002.10014.60020.600
      Bayesian[6]General Grey-World[32]6.6007.6004.6006.7005.2007.0003.2003.80010.90012.10018.40016.500
      Using CNNs[7]8.2006.3006.8002.60011.30020.400
      Deep color constancy[22]Exemplar-Based[33]5.7002.8904.7002.2705.0002.4203.2000.8208.4005.97012.4006.950
      CCC(dist+ext)[30]2.0001.2201.4000.3504.7605.850
      CC-GANs(Pix2Pix)[13]3.6002.8003.1001.2007.2009.400
      FC4-AlexNet[14]1.7701.1101.2900.3404.2905.440
      FC4-SqueezeNet[14]IEN+PSN[21]Multi-Hypothesis[31]1.6502.2502.1001.1801.5901.3201.2701.7301.5300.3800.5900.3603.7805.0305.1004.7306.080
      Proposed method1.5741.0301.1190.3003.4754.039
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    Paper Information

    Category: Vision, Color, and Visual Optics

    Received: Dec. 4, 2020

    Accepted: Jan. 18, 2021

    Published Online: Jun. 7, 2021

    The Author Email: Xie Kai (2596898130@qq.com)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS202141.1133002

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