Real-Time Wide Dynamic Range Capture and Display System Based on Mantissa-Exponent Representation
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2019-04-09
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In this work, we present a wide dynamic range (WDR) vision system that is able to capture bright and low light objects in a single frame without being over or underexposed. The data is captured and streamed in real-time (RT) mode from the sensor to a monitor at 60 fps or a PC. The presented system includes: 1) WDR complementary metal-oxide-silicon (CMOS) image sensor design which is able to update the integration time of each individual pixel depending on the ambient light and provide output in a mantissa-exponent format (floating point) [1], [2]. 2) Interface hardware designs including PCBs and HDL drivers required to activate the sensor and all the peripheral components. 3) A tone-mapping algorithm based on a mantissa/exponent representation along with its hardware implementation that allows us to render WDR data on a conventional low dynamic range (LDR) devices [3].
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HDR, WDR, Real time video processing, Real time WDR video capture, CIS, CMOS, ASIC, FPGA, TMO, Tone Mapping, WDR capture, Algorithm implementation, Time-Space trade-offs, Mantissa-Exponent, 8 built-in auto integrations, WDR/HDR CIS with Ultra low memory
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Shahnovich, U. (2019). Real-time wide dynamic range capture and display system based on mantissa-exponent representation (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.