An Illumination Compensation Method for Images under Variable Lighting Condition

Abstract

This paper presents an illumination compensation method for images under variable lighting condition. The algorithm consists of two processes. First, the camera response function is identified as a nonlinear model of the camera under dynamic illumination. Then an image with a wider dynamic range is obtained online by fusing several images taken under different exposures of the same scene. The algorithm is applied to the four-legged robot soccer competition and is verified to be superior to some traditional schemes.