Touch HDR: photograph enhancement by user controlled wide dynamic range adaptation

Steve Verrall; Hasib Siddiqui; Kalin Atanassov; Sergio Goma; Vikas Ramachandra

doi:10.1117/12.2008557

7 March 2013 Touch HDR: photograph enhancement by user controlled wide dynamic range adaptation

Steve Verrall, Hasib Siddiqui, Kalin Atanassov, Sergio Goma, Vikas Ramachandra

Proceedings Volume 8667, Multimedia Content and Mobile Devices; 86671O (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2008557
Event: IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging, 2013, Burlingame, California, United States

Abstract

High Dynamic Range (HDR) technology enables photographers to capture a greater range of tonal detail. HDR is typically used to bring out detail in a dark foreground object set against a bright background. HDR technologies include multi-frame HDR and single-frame HDR. Multi-frame HDR requires the combination of a sequence of images taken at different exposures. Single-frame HDR requires histogram equalization post-processing of a single image, a technique referred to as local tone mapping (LTM). Images generated using HDR technology can look less natural than their non- HDR counterparts. Sometimes it is only desired to enhance small regions of an original image. For example, it may be desired to enhance the tonal detail of one subject’s face while preserving the original background. The Touch HDR technique described in this paper achieves these goals by enabling selective blending of HDR and non-HDR versions of the same image to create a hybrid image. The HDR version of the image can be generated by either multi-frame or single-frame HDR. Selective blending can be performed as a post-processing step, for example, as a feature of a photo editor application, at any time after the image has been captured. HDR and non-HDR blending is controlled by a weighting surface, which is configured by the user through a sequence of touches on a touchscreen.

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Steve Verrall, Hasib Siddiqui, Kalin Atanassov, Sergio Goma, and Vikas Ramachandra "Touch HDR: photograph enhancement by user controlled wide dynamic range adaptation", Proc. SPIE 8667, Multimedia Content and Mobile Devices, 86671O (7 March 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2008557

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