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An Image Merging Method for Two High Dynamic Range Images of Different Exposure  

Kim, Jin-Heon (서경대학교 컴퓨터공학과)
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Journal of Korea Multimedia Society / v.13, no.4, 2010 , pp. 526-534 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper describes an algorithm which merges two HDR pictures taken under different exposure time to display on the LDR devices such as LCD or CRT. The proposed method does not generate the radiance map, but directly merges using the weights computed from the input images. The weights are firstly produced on the pixel basis, and then blended with a Gaussian function. This process prevents some possible sparkle noises caused by radical change of the weights and contributes to smooth connection between 2 image informations. The chrominance informations of the images are merged on the weighted averaging scheme using the deviations of RGB average and their differences. The algorithm is characterized by the feature that it represents well the unsaturated area of 2 original images and the connection of the image information is smooth. The proposed method uses only 2 input images and automatically tunes the whole internal process according to them, thus autonomous operation is possible when it is included in HDR cameras which use double shuttering scheme or double sensor cells.
Keywords
Wide Dynamic Range; High Dynamic Range; Image Merging;
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