High dynamic range images must be tone mapped before being displayed on devices with low output dynamic range. Two existing global tone mapping operators are evaluated and then a new improved operator using a sigmoid compression curve is proposed. It is then demonstrated through simulation and experimental results that an existing capture device, used previously only for simple logarithmic comp...

The main objective of this paper is to verify test methodologies for the assessment of high dynamic range (HDR) video. To achieve this, a next generation HDR monitor by Dolby Laboratories was used to display professionally produced HDR content. Two complementary approaches for subjective assessment of HDR video were then designed and carried out at the European Broadcast Union and Ecole Polytec...

The real world encompasses a high range of luminances. In order to capture and represent this range correctly, High Dynamic Range (HDR) imaging techniques are introduced. Some of these techniques are based on constructing an HDR image from several Low Dynamic Range (LDR) images with different exposures. In the capture and reconstruction phases, the HDR reproduction techniques must resolve the d...

The ability of High Dynamic Range (HDR) imaging to capture the full range of lighting in a scene has prompted an increase in its use for Cultural Heritage (CH) applications. Photogrammetric techniques allow the semi-automatic production of three-dimensional (3D) models from a sequence of images. Current photogrammetric methods are not always effective in reconstructing images under harsh lighti...

In this paper we present a CMOS image sensor design with a high dynamic range. This feature is achieved by a two-frame scheme, in which an image is captured twice with different sensitivity levels. One of them focuses on the low light intensity part of the image, while the other focuses on the high light intensity part. After proper composition, these two frames are then combined as a single im...

An important consideration for any digital 03 image is how to store it. This is especially true for high dynamic range (HDR) images, which record a much wider gamut than standard 24-bit RGB, and therefore require an efficient encoding to avoid taking up an excess of disk space and network bandwidth. Fortunately, several HDR file encodings and formats have already been developed by the graphics ...

We propose a novel 3D wavelet based tone mapping framework for high dynamic range videos. Still image tone mapping methods can be applied to videos in a frame by frame fashion, but they often exhibit haloing artifacts and do not guarantee temporal coherence, resulting in flickering. Directly extending wavelet analysis/synthesis to time solves the flickering problem but leads to ghosting. Our me...

In last years, many modulus sets in the Residue Number System (RNS) for increasing Dynamic Range (DR) and parallelism are presented. Hence, for reach these purposes a new 5-Moduli Set for even n, and its efficient reverse converter design are introduced in this paper. This modulus set contains pair-wise relatively prime, and it offers the maximum feasible DR. New CRT-I and MRC are used to obtai...

It is very challenging to synthesize a high dynamic range (HDR) image by using a set of differently exposed low dynamic range (LDR) images that are captured with moving objects. This is due to the fact that the moving objects cause ghosting artifacts in the synthesized HDR image. To remove these artifacts, an anti-ghost algorithm is necessary for detection and patching of motion regions, and th...

For producing a single high dynamic range image (HDRI), multiple low dynamic range images (LDRIs) are captured with different exposures and combined. In high dynamic range (HDR) imaging, local motion of objects and noise in a set of LDRIs can influence a final HDRI: local motion of objects causes the ghost artifact and LDRIs, especially captured with under-exposure, make the final HDRI noisy. I...