HDRchitecture: real-time stereoscopic HDR imaging for extreme dynamic range

ABSTRACT

The history of HDR (high dynamic range) imaging in digital photography goes back 19 years, as Robertson et al. state[2]:

"The first report of digitally combining multiple pictures of the same scene to improve dynamic range appears to be Mann[1]."

HDR combines multiple differently exposed pictures of the same subject matter to be able to see a much greater dynamic range than is possible in a single exposure.

References

1. S. Mann. Compositing multiple pictures of the same scene. In Proceedings of the 46th Annual IS&T Conference, volume 2, 1993.
2. M. Robertson, S. Borman, and R. Stevenson. Estimation-theoretic approach to dynamic range enhancement using multiple exposures. Journal of Electronic Imaging, 12:219, 2003.