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

Creating high-fidelity images of our world has been a continuous challenge, even as our understanding and skills have evolved. Now electronic image sensors can record a dynamic range from bright to dark of more than seven orders of magnitude, exceeding the ability of a human eye by more than a hundred times and displaying five orders of magnitude in brightness, resulting in CRT and LCD displays with more than 100-fold improvement. This first comprehensive account of high-dynamic-range (HDR) vision focuses on HDR real-time, high-speed digital video recording and also systematically presents HDR video transmission and display. The power of the eye-like, logarithmic optoelectronic conversion concept is demonstrated in machine-vision, medical, automotive, surveillance and cinematic applications, and it extends to HDR sub-retinal implants for the vision impaired. While the book conveys the overall picture of HDR vision, specific knowledge of microelectronics and image processing is not required.