Simultaneous color matching in stereoscopic images based on image decomposition

Color discrepancies between the left and right images from a stereoscopic camera cause many problems, including a reduction in the three-dimensional effect and increased visual fatigue. Thus, color matching of stereoscopic images is very important for three-dimensional display systems. Therefore, this paper proposes simultaneous color matching based on image decomposition. The stereoscopic images are first decomposed into various levels, and the colors are then matched using cumulative histogram matching and a Retinex algorithm. Experimental results show that the color matching performance of the proposed method is better than that of previous methods.