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    • Image Processing
    • Computational Photography

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    • Most color constancy algorithms fail under non-uniform illumination.
    • Real-world scenes frequently exhibit multiple light sources with varying colors and spatial distributions.
    • Accurate color perception requires robust handling of complex lighting conditions.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To propose a novel framework for estimating the colors and spatial distribution of multiple illuminants in a scene.
    • To develop a method that addresses the limitations of existing algorithms in non-uniform lighting scenarios.
    • To provide a quantitative evaluation of a new multi-illuminant estimation approach.

    Main Methods:

    • Formulated multi-illuminant estimation as an energy minimization problem using a conditional random field.
    • Developed a novel dataset of two-dominant-illuminant images with pixel-wise ground truth.
    • Evaluated the proposed framework on laboratory, indoor, and outdoor scene datasets.

    Main Results:

    • The proposed framework significantly outperforms single illuminant estimators.
    • The method demonstrates superior performance compared to a recently proposed multi-illuminant estimation approach.
    • Experimental results validate the effectiveness of the energy minimization framework for complex lighting.

    Conclusions:

    • The novel framework provides a significant advancement in estimating multiple illuminants and their spatial distribution.
    • The developed dataset enables more accurate quantitative evaluation of multi-illuminant algorithms.
    • This work offers a more robust solution for color constancy in challenging, real-world lighting conditions.