The invention relates to an
underwater low-illumination
image enhancement method based on
local color correction and a multi-
scale variation decomposition model, and belongs to the technical field of
image processing. The method comprises the following steps: firstly, performing
color correction on an input
underwater low-illumination image; next, the corrected image is converted from an
RGB color space to an HSV
color space, a multi-scale variational
decomposition model is applied to a V channel in the image, and a base layer, two detail
layers and an atomization layer are generated; then, the atomization layer is separated, self-adaptive brightness
equalization is carried out on the base layer, an enhanced base layer is obtained, self-adaptive detail
sharpening is carried out on the detail layer, and an enhanced detail layer is obtained; and finally, linearly fusing the enhanced base layer and detail layer to obtain an optimized V channel, converting the image back to an
RGB color space, and outputting an enhanced
underwater image. According to the method, the overall enhancement of the image is realized, the contrast, the brightness and the detail expression are remarkably optimized, and the visual effect of the underwater image is remarkably improved.