Due to the absorptive and scattering nature of water, the characteristic of underwater image is different with it in the
air. Underwater image is characterized by their poor visibility and noise. Getting clear original image and image
processing are two important problems to be solved in underwater clear vision area. In this paper a new approach
technology is presented to solve these problems. Firstly, an inhomogeneous illumination method is developed to get the
clear original image. Normal illumination image system and inhomogeneous illumination image system are used to
capture the image in same distance. The result shows that the contrast and definition of processed image is get great
improvement by inhomogeneous illumination method. Secondly, based on the theory of photon transmitted in the water
and the particularity of underwater target detecting, the characters of laser scattering on underwater target surface and
spatial and temporal characters of oceanic optical channel have been studied. Based on the Monte Carlo simulation, we
studied how the parameters of water quality and other systemic parameters affect the light transmitting through water at
spatial and temporal region and provided the theoretical sustentation of enhancing the SNR and operational distance.
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