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    Area of Science:

    • Computer Vision
    • Image Processing
    • Computational Photography

    Background:

    • Illuminant estimation is crucial for accurate color reproduction in images.
    • Conventional color constancy methods struggle with monochromatic images.
    • Spatial invariance is a challenge when estimating a global illuminant.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate the impact of multi-spectral images on illuminant estimation.
    • To develop a hierarchical structure for improved spatial invariance in illuminant estimation.
    • To enhance the hierarchical structure using contrastive loss for superior performance.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilizing estimated multi-spectral images for illuminant estimation.
    • Implementing a hierarchical structure to address spatial invariance.
    • Applying contrastive loss to multi-scaled outputs within the hierarchical framework.

    Main Results:

    • Multi-spectral image exploitation significantly enhances illuminant estimation.
    • The proposed hierarchical structure with contrastive loss shows superior performance on a custom dataset.
    • A 26.7% relative improvement was achieved on the NUS-8 dataset compared to state-of-the-art methods.

    Conclusions:

    • Leveraging spectral information is effective for improving illuminant estimation.
    • The hierarchical approach with contrastive loss offers a robust solution for global illuminant estimation.
    • The method demonstrates significant advancements in illuminant estimation accuracy and performance.