Removing Image Artifacts From Scratched Lens Protectors

Yufei Wang, Renjie Wan, Wenhan Yang, Bihan Wen*, Lap-Pui Chau, Alex Kot

*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Chapter in book/report/conference proceedingConference contributionpeer-review

Abstract

A protector is placed in front of the camera lens for mobile devices to avoid damage, while the protector itself can be easily scratched accidentally, especially for plastic ones. The artifacts appear in a wide variety of patterns, making it difficult to see through them clearly. Removing image artifacts from the scratched lens protector is inherently challenging due to the occasional flare artifacts and the co-occurring interference within mixed artifacts. Though different methods have been proposed for some specific distortions, they seldom consider such inherent challenges. In our work, we consider the inherent challenges in a unified framework with two cooperative modules, which facilitate the performance boost of each other. We also collect a new dataset from the real world to facilitate training and evaluation purposes. The experimental results demonstrate that our method outperforms the baselines qualitatively and quantitatively. The code and datasets will be released after acceptance.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS) 2023
Number of pages5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 24 May 2023

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