Dynamic range enhancement algorithms for CMOS sensors with non-destructive readout

IST 2008 - IEEE Workshop on Imaging Systems and Techniques Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 132-137

  Kachatkou, Anton ^a   Van Silfhout, Roelof ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CMOS image sensor; Demosaicing; Dynamic range enhancement; Embedded camera system; Noise removal; Non destructive readout; Saturated pixels extrapolation

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CAMERAS; COLOR; DIGITAL CAMERAS; DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; EXTRAPOLATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE SENSORS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; NEGATIVE RESISTANCE; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PIXELS; SENSORS; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

CMOS IMAGE SENSOR; DEMOSAICING; DYNAMIC RANGE ENHANCEMENT; EMBEDDED CAMERA SYSTEM; NOISE REMOVAL; NON-DESTRUCTIVE READOUT; SATURATED PIXELS EXTRAPOLATION;

MILITARY PHOTOGRAPHY;

EID: 57849152933     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IST.2008.4659956     Document Type: Conference Paper

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