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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2017
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing device which is capable of accurately detect pixels covered by cloud shadows and remove effects of the cloud shadows in an images are provided. The device includes: a cloud transmittance calculation unit that calculates transmittance of the one or more clouds in an input image, for each pixel; a cloud height estimation unit that determines estimation of a height from the ground to each cloud in the input image to detect position of corresponding one or more shadows; an attenuation factor estimation unit that calculates attenuation factors for the direct sun irradiance by applying an averaging filter to the cloud transmittance calculated; and a shadow removal unit that corrects pixels affected by the one or more shadows, based on a physical model of a cloud shadow formation by employing the attenuation factors calculated and the position, and outputs an image which includes the pixels corrected.