Computational Imaging for Enhanced Computer Vision

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2509.08712v1
• Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2025 16:02:42 GMT
• Title: Computational Imaging for Enhanced Computer Vision
• Authors: Humera Shaikh, Kaur Jashanpreet,
• Abstract summary: This paper presents a comprehensive survey of computational imaging (CI) techniques and their transformative impact on computer vision (CV) applications.<n> Conventional imaging methods fail to deliver high-fidelity visual data in challenging conditions, such as low light, motion blur, or high dynamic range.<n> Computational imaging techniques, including light field imaging, high dynamic range (blurring) imaging, deblurring, high-speed imaging, and glare mitigation, address these limitations.
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• Abstract: This paper presents a comprehensive survey of computational imaging (CI) techniques and their transformative impact on computer vision (CV) applications. Conventional imaging methods often fail to deliver high-fidelity visual data in challenging conditions, such as low light, motion blur, or high dynamic range scenes, thereby limiting the performance of state-of-the-art CV systems. Computational imaging techniques, including light field imaging, high dynamic range (HDR) imaging, deblurring, high-speed imaging, and glare mitigation, address these limitations by enhancing image acquisition and reconstruc- tion processes. This survey systematically explores the synergies between CI techniques and core CV tasks, including object detection, depth estimation, optical flow, face recognition, and keypoint detection. By analyzing the relationships between CI methods and their practical contributions to CV applications, this work highlights emerging opportunities, challenges, and future research directions. We emphasize the potential for task-specific, adaptive imaging pipelines that improve robustness, accuracy, and efficiency in real-world scenarios, such as autonomous navigation, surveillance, augmented reality, and robotics.

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