Back to articles
Article
Volume: 35 | Article ID: COLOR-199
Image
Machine learning estimation of camera spectral sensitivity functions with non-RGB color filters
  DOI :  10.2352/EI.2023.35.15.COLOR-199  Published OnlineJanuary 2023
Abstract
Abstract

The spectral sensitivity functions of a digital image sensor determine the sensor’s color response to scene-radiated light. Knowing these spectral sensitivity functions is very important for applications that require accurate color, such as computer vision. Traditional measurements of these functions are time consuming, and require expensive lab equipment to generate narrow-band monochromatic light. Previous works have shown that sensitivity curves can be estimated using images of a color checker chart with known spectral reflectances, using either numerical optimization or machine learning. However, previous works in the literature have not considered sensitivity functions for CFAs (color filter arrays) other than RGB, such as RCCB (Red Clear Blue) or RYYCy (Red Yellow Cyan). Non-RGB CFAs have been shown to be useful for automotive and security camera applications, especially in low light situations. We propose a machine learning method to estimate the sensitivity curves of sensors with non-RGB filters, in addition to the RGB filters addressed previously in the literature, using a single image of a color chart under unknown illumination. Including non-RGB filters makes the estimation problem much more challenging, since the resulting space of color filters is no longer modelled by simple Gaussian shapes.

Subject Areas :
Views 90
Downloads 24
 articleview.views 90
 articleview.downloads 24
  Cite this article 

Abraham Sachs, Ramakrishna Kakarala, "Machine learning estimation of camera spectral sensitivity functions with non-RGB color filtersin Electronic Imaging,  2023,  pp 199-1 - 199-6,  https://doi.org/10.2352/EI.2023.35.15.COLOR-199

 Copy citation
  Copyright statement 
Copyright © 2023, Society for Imaging Science and Technology 2023
ei
Electronic Imaging
2470-1173
2470-1173
Society for Imaging Science and Technology
IS&T 7003 Kilworth Lane, Springfield, VA 22151 USA