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http://dx.doi.org/10.14372/IEMEK.2013.8.1.043

Illuminance Dynamic Range Expansion using Gamma & Multi-Point Knee for Smart Phone Camera  

Choi, Duk-Kyu (Kyungwoon University)
Han, Chan-Ho (Kangwon National University)
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IEMEK Journal of Embedded Systems and Applications / v.8, no.1, 2013 , pp. 43-50 More about this Journal
Abstract
The narrow dynamic range of most smart phone cameras is severely limited. It usually is narrower than the dynamic range of most scenes. So we proposes a illuminance dynamic range expansion using multi-point knee for smart phone camera. Such as logarithmic functions the proposed method compress the image sensor output signal. Additionally, the proposed method was merged into the gamma that is essential circuit for any cameras. To justifying multi-point knee effectiveness, we configure the control and quality evaluation system for smart phone camera module. Experimental results show that the lost information by cut off and saturated affectively reconstructed in darker and in brighter areas. Finally this methods have advantage to implement without any changing hardware for conventional smart phones.
Keywords
Dynamic range expansion; Multi-point knee; Gamma; ISP (image signal processors); Smart phone;
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