Shadow Erosion and Nighttime Adaptability for Camera-Based Automated Driving Applications

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2504.08551v1
• Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 14:02:11 GMT
• Title: Shadow Erosion and Nighttime Adaptability for Camera-Based Automated Driving Applications
• Authors: Mohamed Sabry, Gregory Schroeder, Joshua Varughese, Cristina Olaverri-Monreal,
• Abstract summary: In autonomous driving, various techniques are used to enhance image quality under challenging lighting conditions.<n>This paper proposes a pipeline for Shadow Erosion and Nighttime Adaptability in images for automated driving applications.
• Score: 0.2474908349649168
• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: Enhancement of images from RGB cameras is of particular interest due to its wide range of ever-increasing applications such as medical imaging, satellite imaging, automated driving, etc. In autonomous driving, various techniques are used to enhance image quality under challenging lighting conditions. These include artificial augmentation to improve visibility in poor nighttime conditions, illumination-invariant imaging to reduce the impact of lighting variations, and shadow mitigation to ensure consistent image clarity in bright daylight. This paper proposes a pipeline for Shadow Erosion and Nighttime Adaptability in images for automated driving applications while preserving color and texture details. The Shadow Erosion and Nighttime Adaptability pipeline is compared to the widely used CLAHE technique and evaluated based on illumination uniformity and visual perception quality metrics. The results also demonstrate a significant improvement over CLAHE, enhancing a YOLO-based drivable area segmentation algorithm.

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