Ebook: High-Dynamic-Range (HDR) Vision. Microelectronics, Image Processing, Computer Graphics

Издательство Springer, 2007, -247 pp.The high-fidelity vision of our world has been a continuous challenge as our intelligence and skills have evolved. The acquisition and the mapping of the rich and complex content of visual information rank high among our most demanding technical tasks.
Electronic vision took big leaps with image sensors capturing in real time a dynamic range from bright to dark of more than seven orders of magnitude, thus exceeding the spontaneous ability of the human eye by more than a hundred times, and with displays displaying five orders of magnitude in brightness, again manifesting a more than 100-fold improvement of the state of the art.
This book is the account of high-dynamic-range (HDR) real-time vision starting with high-speed HDR photometric video capture and following the video-processing chain with coding and tone mapping to the HDR display.
The power of eye-like photometric video is demonstrated in machine vision, medical and automotive applications, and it is extended to HDR subretinal implants for the vision impaired.
While the book tries to convey the overall picture of HDR real-time vision and specific knowledge of microelectronics and image processing is not required, it provides a quantitative summary of the major issues to allow the assessment of the state of the art and a glimpse at future developments. Selected experts have been invited to share their know-how and expectations in this rapidly evolving art surrounding the single most powerful one of four senses.The Eye and High-Dynamic-Range Vision
The High-Dynamic-Range Sensor
HDR Image Noise
High-Dynamic-Range Contrast and Color Management
HDR Video Cameras
Lenses for HDR Imaging
HDRC Cameras for High-Speed Machine Vision
HDR Vision for Driver Assistance
Miniature HDRC Cameras for Endoscopy
HDR Sub-retinal Implant for the Vision Impaired
HDR Tone Mapping
HDR Image and Video Compression
HDR Applications in Computer Graphics
High-Dynamic Range Displays