摘要:
To enable a good HDR image or video coding technology, being able to yield high dynamic range images as well as low dynamic range images, we invented a method of encoding a high dynamic range image (M_HDR), comprising the steps of: - converting the high dynamic range image to an image of lower luminance dynamic range (LDR_o) by applying a) scaling the high dynamic range image to a predetermined scale of the luma axis such as [0,1], b) applying a sensitivity tone mapping which changes the brightnesses of pixel colors falling within at least a subrange comprising the darker colors in the high dynamic range image, c) applying a gamma function, and d) applying an arbitrary monotonically increasing function mapping the lumas resulting from performing the steps b and c to output lumas of the lower dynamic range image (LDR_o); and - outputting in an image signal (S_im) a codification of the pixel colors of the lower luminance dynamic range image (LDR_o), and - outputting in the image signal (S_im) values encoding the functional behavior of the above color conversions as metadata, or values for the inverse functions, which metadata allows to reconstruct a high dynamic range image (Rec_HDR) from the lower luminance dynamic range image (LDR_o).
摘要:
The image encoder (549) for encoding an image of a high dynamic range scene, comprising: a pixel texture encoding unit (552), arranged to encode pixels colors of the image with an image representation (Im 1) comprising N-bit code words; an image analysis unit (550) arranged to determine and output a region differentiator grey value (gTS), which is a luma value demarcating below it lumas of all pixels of a first object in at least one block of the image, and above it lumas of all pixels of a second object in the at least one block of the image; and a formatter (554) arranged to co-encode in an output image signal (S(Im_1, MET(gTS)) the image representation (Im 1) and the region differentiator grey value (gTS), makes highly versatile use of images encoding HDR scenes possible, in particular encoding them in image formats compatible with existing MPEG video coding standards.
摘要:
To get much better predictable graphics insertion, with better coordinating of the pixel luminances respectively their coded lumas of primary and secondary graphics elements inserted at different times in a HDR video, the inventor proposes a method of determining in a circuit for processing digital images second lumas of pixels of a secondary graphics image element (216) to be mixed with at least one high dynamic range input image (206), the method or corresponding apparatus comprising the technical elements of: receiving a high dynamic range image signal (S_im) comprising the at least one high dynamic range input image, characterized in that the method comprises: - analyzing the high dynamic range image signal to determine a specific range of graphics lumas (R_gra) of the at least one high dynamic range input image, wherein the determining a specific range of graphics lumas comprises determining a lower luma (Y_low) and an upper luma (Y_high); - specifying the secondary graphics element with at least a brightest subset of its pixel lumas comprised in the specific range of graphics lumas; and - mixing the secondary graphics image element with the high dynamic range input image.
摘要:
To enable practical and quick generation of a family of good looking HDR gradings for various displays on which the HDR image may need to be shown, we describe a color transformation apparatus (201) to calculate resultant colors (R2, G2, B2) of pixels of an output image (IM_MDR) for a display with a display peak brightness (PB_D) starting from input colors (R, G, B) of pixels of an input image (Im_in) having a maximum luma code corresponding to a first image peak brightness (PB_IM1) which is different from the display peak brightness, characterized in that the color transformation apparatus comprises: —a color transformation determination unit (102; 2501) arranged to determine a color transformation (TMF; g) as defined in color processing specification data (MET_1) comprising at least one tone mapping function (CC) received via a metadata input (116), which color transformation specifies how the luminances of pixels of the input image are to be converted into luminances for those pixels of a second image (IM_HDR) having corresponding to its maximum luma code a second image peak brightness (PB_IM2), which is different from the display peak brightness (PB_D) and the first image peak brightness (PB_IM1), and whereby the division of the first image peak brightness by the second image peak brightness is either larger than 2 or smaller than ½; —a scaling factor determination unit (200; 2603) arranged to determine a resultant common multiplicative factor (gt; Ls), the unit being arranged to apply determining along a direction (DIR) a position along a metric a position (M_PB_U) which corresponds with the display peak brightness (PB_D) and arranged to determine the resultant common multiplicative factor (gt; Ls) based on the position, and wherein the color transformation apparatus (201) further comprises: —a scaling multiplier (114) arranged to multiply each of the three color components of an RGB color representation of the input colors with the resultant common multiplicative factor (gt).