Uni-ISP: Towards Unifying the Learning of ISPs from Multiple Mobile Cameras
Modern end-to-end image signal processors (ISPs) can learn complex mappings from RAW/XYZ data to sRGB (and vice versa), opening new possibilities in image processing. However, the growing diversity of camera models, particularly in mobile devices, renders the development of individual ISPs unsustainable due to their limited versatility and adaptability across varied camera systems. In this paper, we introduce Uni-ISP, a novel pipeline that unifies ISP learning for diverse mobile cameras, delivering a highly accurate and adaptable processor. The core of Uni-ISP is leveraging device-aware embeddings through learning forward/inverse ISPs and its special training scheme. By doing so, Uni-ISP not only improves the performance of forward and inverse ISPs but also unlocks new applications previously inaccessible to conventional learned ISPs. To support this work, we construct a real-world 4K dataset, FiveCam, comprising more than 2,400 pairs of sRGB-RAW images captured synchronously by five smartphone cameras. Extensive experiments validate Uni-ISP's accuracy in learning forward and inverse ISPs (with improvements of +2.4dB/1.5dB PSNR), versatility in enabling new applications, and adaptability to new camera models.
Authors
- Mingde Yao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5994-6288)
- Xingyu Meng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5787-0101)
- Lingen Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1313-8717)
- Jinwei Gu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8705-8237)
- Tianfan Xue (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5031-6618)
- Muquan Yu
Institutions
- Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- IEEE Transactions on Image Processing
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tip.2025.3607617
- Primary Topic
- Advanced Image and Video Retrieval Techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00