High Dynamic Range Imaging

Article in Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering

by Rafał K. Mantiuk, Karol Myszkowski and Hans-Peter Seidel

This article offers a broad review of the HDR methods and technologies with the introduction on fundamental concepts behind the perception of HDR imagery. It serves both as an introduction to the subject and review of the current state- of-the-art in HDR imaging.

Topic covered:

• Capture of HDR content with cameras
• Synthesis of HDR content with computer graphics methods
• Encoding and compression of HDR images and video
• Tone-mapping
• Inverse tone-mapping
• HDR display technologies
• HDR image and video quality metrics

You can download a post-print of the article. The article is prepared for publication in Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering.