A tone mapping operator based on neural and psychophysical models of visual perception

Praveen Cyriac*, Marcelo Bertalmío, David Kane, Javier Vazquez-Corral

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Abstract

High dynamic range imaging techniques involve capturing and storing real world radiance values that span many orders of magnitude. However, common display devices can usually reproduce intensity ranges only up to two to three orders of magnitude. Therefore, in order to display a high dynamic range image on a low dynamic range screen, the dynamic range of the image needs to be compressed without losing details or introducing artefacts, and this process is called tone mapping. A good tone mapping operator must be able to produce a low dynamic range image that matches as much as possible the perception of the real world scene. We propose a two stage tone mapping approach, in which the first stage is a global method for range compression based on a gamma curve that equalizes the lightness histogram the best, and the second stage performs local contrast enhancement and color induction using neural activity models for the visual cortex.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of SPIE-IS and T Electronic Imaging - Human Vision and Electronic Imaging XX
EditorsBernice E. Rogowitz, Thrasyvoulos N. Pappas, Huib de Ridder
ISBN (Electronic)9781628414844
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume9394
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Keywords

  • High dynamic range
  • Low dynamic range
  • Neural model
  • Psychophysical model
  • Tone mapping
  • Visual perception

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