Enhancing Image Clarity and Classification Through CNN-Based Dehazing with Global Memory and Attention Mechanisms
W. Sharon Princy Kumari, Y. Suneetha, K. Prakash, Y. Sudha · 2026
The design purpose of the proposed project involves creating an enhanced image dehazing network by introducing memory and attention regularizations into Generic Model-Agnostic Convolutional Neural Network, popularly known as GMAN, so as to enrich the visual perception of a hazy image, by appropriate classification of the images into hazy and clear. The one central aspect about this work is that a global attention mechanism in GMAN is used, which allows the model to look at interesting areas in the entire picture. This attention feature enhances the model to capture fine variance in the concentration of haze therefore improving overall classification. Moreover, using the attention module, the model will be able to emphasize important objects potentially hidden by haze resulting in more informative outputs in the form of images. The large dataset is a combination of hazy and clear images on which the model is trained to enable robustness and generalization in the real-world settings. Applied in outdoor photography, autonomous driving, video surveillance, and many computer visions tasks, the proposed project is going to present a sizeable contribution to the progress of automated and precise image quality improvement.