Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 58, Issue 24, 2401002(2021)

Water Surface Sun Glint Suppression Method Based on Polarization Filtering and Polynomial Fitting

Meimei Yang1, Peiyao Zhao2, Bin Feng3, and Feng Zhao1、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Electronic Engineering, Xi'an University of Posts and Telecommunications, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710121, China
  • 2School of Telecommunications Engineering, Xidian University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710126, China
  • 3School of Automation, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710072, China
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    Figures & Tables(11)
    Reflectivity of sunlight from the air to the smooth water surface
    Polarization degree of glint varying with the incident angle of sunlight
    Model for water surface sun glint suppression utilizing polarization filtering and polynomial fitting
    Flow chart of two-dimensional surface fitting to suppress the sun glint on the water surface
    Flow chart of line-by-line polynomial fitting to remove the sun glint
    Experimental results of the first group. (a) Gray image without polarization filtering; (b) gray image with polarization filtering; (c) image obtained by polynomial row direction curve fitting; (d) image obtained by polynomial column direction curve fitting; (e) image obtained by polynomial surface fitting; (f) image of line-by-line polynomial fitting to remove glint
    Histograms of experimental results of the first group. (a) Image histogram without polarization filtering; (b) image histogram with polarization filtering; (c) image histogram of polynomial row direction curve fitting image; (d) image histogram of polynomial column direction curve fitting; (e) image histogram of polynomial surface fitting; (f) image histogram of line-by-line polynomial fitting
    Experimental results of the second group. (a) Gray image without polarization filtering; (b) gray image with polarization filtering; (c) image obtained by polynomial row direction curve fitting; (d) image obtained by polynomial column direction curve fitting; (e) image obtained by polynomial surface fitting; (f) image of line-by-line polynomial fitting to remove glint
    Histograms of experimental results of the second group. (a) Image histogram without polarization filtering; (b) image histogram with polarization filtering; (c) image histogram of polynomial row direction curve fitting image; (d) image histogram of polynomial column direction curve fitting; (e) image histogram of polynomial surface fitting; (f) image histogram of line-by-line polynomial fitting
    • Table 1. Image quality evaluation indexes of the first group of experiments

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      Table 1. Image quality evaluation indexes of the first group of experiments

      ImageMean grayStandard deviationNumber of saturated pixels
      Fig. 7(a)137.455639.272627537
      Fig. 7(b)119.717325.39337037
      Fig. 7(c)115.909116.13040
      Fig. 7(d)115.712115.55160
      Fig. 7(e)115.626815.54400
      Fig. 7(f)114.313215.36910
    • Table 2. Image quality evaluation indexes of the second group of experiments

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      Table 2. Image quality evaluation indexes of the second group of experiments

      ImageMean grayStandard deviationNumber of saturated pixels
      Fig. 9(a)141.453738.712357140
      Fig. 9(b)110.526828.876211289
      Fig. 9(c)108.202024.15760
      Fig. 9(d)103.412719.89260
      Fig. 9(e)98.174717.12000
      Fig. 9(f)96.223016.75010
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    Meimei Yang, Peiyao Zhao, Bin Feng, Feng Zhao. Water Surface Sun Glint Suppression Method Based on Polarization Filtering and Polynomial Fitting[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2021, 58(24): 2401002

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    Paper Information

    Category: Atmospheric Optics and Oceanic Optics

    Received: Dec. 4, 2020

    Accepted: Feb. 26, 2021

    Published Online: Nov. 24, 2021

    The Author Email: Feng Zhao (hfengzhao@xupt.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP202158.2401002

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