Paper:
Language: English:

Fuzzy Based Brightness Compensation for High Dynamic Range Images

Annamária R. Várkonyi-Kóczy^, András Rövid^,
and Péter Várlaki^**

^*Dept. of Measurement and Information Systems, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Magyar tudósok körútja 2. H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
^**Dept. of Mathematics, Széchenyi István University, Egyetem tér 1. 9026 Győr, Hungary

Received: September 24, 2005

Accepted: January 25, 2006

Keywords: image reproduction, high dynamic range images, tone reproduction, image processing, fuzzy techniques

Journal ref: Journal of Advanced Computational Intelligence and Intelligent Informatics, Vol.10, No.4 pp. 549-554, 2006

Abstract

High dynamic range of illumination may cause serious distortions and other problems in viewing and further processing of digital images. In this paper a new fuzzy based tone reproduction pre-processing algorithm is introduced which may help in developing hardly or nonviewable features and content of the images making easier the further processing of it.

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