Automatic Image Haze Removal Based on Luminance Component

In this paper, we propose a simple but effective method for visibility restoration from a single image. The main advantage of the proposed algorithm is no user interaction is needed, this allows our algorithm to be applied for practical applications, such as surveillance, intelligent vehicle, etc. Another advantage compared with others is its speed, since the cost of obtaining transmission map is greatly cut down by using Retinex algorithm on luminance component. A comparative study and quantitative evaluation is proposed with the main present-day methods which demonstrate that similar or better quality results are obtained.