Method for converting near infrared image to rgb image and apparatus for same

Abstract

The method for converting a near-infrared image into an RGB image includes: (a) receiving near-infrared image data to be converted into an RGB image and inputting the received data to the first network; (b) extracting, by the first network, feature data of a near-infrared image from the input near-infrared image data; and (c) outputting, by the first network, an estimated RGB image, which enables to convert the received near-infrared image data into an RGB image, using the extracted feature data of the near-infrared image, wherein the first network performs knowledge distillation learning by receiving knowledge, which enables to mimic the behavior of extracting the feature data of the near-infrared image and the feature data of the RGB image, from the second network which has received as input data not only near-infrared image data as learning data but also RGB image data taken at the same time as the near-infrared image.