MIPI 2022 Challenge on RGBW Sensor Fusion: Dataset and Report

Developing and integrating advanced image sensors with novel algorithms in camera systems is prevalent with the increasing demand for computational photography and imaging on mobile platforms. However, the lack of high-quality data for research and the rare opportunity for in-depth exchange of views from industry and academia constrain the development of mobile intelligent photography and imaging (MIPI). To bridge the gap, we introduce the first MIPI challenge including five tracks focusing on novel image sensors and imaging algorithms. In this paper, RGBW Joint Fusion and Denoise, one of the five tracks, working on the fusion of binning-mode RGBW to Bayer at half resolution is introduced. The participants were provided with a new dataset including 70 (training) and 15 (validation) scenes of high-quality RGBW and Bayer pair. In addition, for each scene, RGBW of 24 dB and 42 dB are provided. All the data were captured using a RGBW sensor in both outdoor and indoor conditions. The final results are evaluated using objective metrics including PSNR, SSIM [11], LPIPS [15] and KLD. A detailed description of all models developed in this challenge is provided in this paper. More details of this challenge and the link to the dataset can be found in https://github.com/mipi-challenge/MIPI2022