Image Sensing Scheme Enabling Fully-Programmable Light Adaptation and Tone Mapping with a Single Exposure

This letter presents new insights into a high dynamic range (HDR) technique recently reported. We demonstrate that two intertwined photodiodes per pixel can perform tone mapping under unconstrained illumination conditions with a single exposure. Experimental results attained from a prototype chip co...

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Autores: Fernández Berni, Jorge, Oliveira, Fernanda D.V.R., Carmona Galán, Ricardo, Rodríguez Vázquez, Ángel Benito
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/73864
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/73864
https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2016.2559158
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:High dynamic range
Split-diode
Automatic adaptation
Single exposure
Tone mapping
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Sumario:This letter presents new insights into a high dynamic range (HDR) technique recently reported. We demonstrate that two intertwined photodiodes per pixel can perform tone mapping under unconstrained illumination conditions with a single exposure. Experimental results attained from a prototype chip confirm the proposed theoretical framework. It opens the door to the realization of imagers providing HDR images free of artifacts without requiring any digital post-processing at all.