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Downsampling01:20

Downsampling

When considering a sampled sequence with zero values between sampling instants, one can replace it by taking every N-th value of the sequence. At these integer multiples of N, the original and sampled sequences coincide. This process, known as decimation, involves extracting every N-th sample from a sequence, thereby creating a more efficient sequence.
The Fourier transform of the decimated sequence reveals a combination of scaled and shifted versions of the original spectrum. This...
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Upsampling

Managing signal sampling rates is essential in digital signal processing to maintain signal integrity. A decimated signal, characterized by a reduced frequency range due to its lower sampling rate, can be upsampled by inserting zeros between each sample. This upsampling process expands the original spectrum and introduces repeated spectral replicas at intervals dictated by the new Nyquist frequency. To refine this zero-inserted sequence, it is passed through a lowpass filter with a cutoff...
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Reducing Line Loss

In a three-phase circuit, line loss is an indicator of energy dissipated as heat due to the resistance of transmission lines. To address this, incorporating transformers into the system—a step-up transformer at the source and a step-down transformer at the load—is a strategic solution. Two three-phase transformers are introduced to improve this.
With a step-up transformer at the source, the voltage is increased, thereby reducing the current in the transmission lines since power loss in...
Lossy Lines and Overvoltages01:22

Lossy Lines and Overvoltages

Transmission-line series resistance and shunt conductance cause three primary effects: attenuation, distortion, and power losses.
Attenuation
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Reconstruction of Signal using Interpolation

Signal processing techniques are essential for accurately converting continuous signals to digital formats and vice versa. When a continuous signal is sampled with a period T, the resulting sampled signal exhibits replicas of the original spectrum in the frequency domain, spaced at intervals equal to the sampling frequency. To handle this sampled signal, a zero-order hold method can be applied, which creates a piecewise constant signal by retaining each sample's value until the next sampling...
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Linear Approximation in Frequency Domain

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Enabling High Grayscale Resolution Displays and Accurate Response Time Measurements on Conventional Computers
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Enabling High Grayscale Resolution Displays and Accurate Response Time Measurements on Conventional Computers

Published on: February 29, 2012

Optimizing a tone curve for backward-compatible high dynamic range image and video compression.

Zicong Mai1, Hassan Mansour, Rafal Mantiuk

  • 1Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. zicongm@ece.ubc.ca

IEEE Transactions on Image Processing : a Publication of the IEEE Signal Processing Society
|December 8, 2010
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Choosing the right tone-mapping operator (TMO) improves high dynamic range (HDR) video reconstruction. Our statistical model optimizes tone curves to minimize distortion, enhancing HDR video quality and LDR image fidelity.

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Enabling High Grayscale Resolution Displays and Accurate Response Time Measurements on Conventional Computers
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Enabling High Grayscale Resolution Displays and Accurate Response Time Measurements on Conventional Computers

Published on: February 29, 2012

Area of Science:

  • Video Compression
  • Image Processing
  • Computer Vision

Background:

  • Backward compatible high dynamic range (HDR) video compression relies on inverse tone-mapping of low dynamic range (LDR) content.
  • The quality of reconstructed HDR video is highly dependent on the chosen tone-mapping operator (TMO).

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a method for selecting an optimal tone-mapping operator (TMO) to enhance reconstructed HDR video quality.
  • To minimize the mean square error (MSE) in the reconstructed HDR sequence by optimizing the tone curve.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a statistical model to approximate distortion from tone-mapping and compression.
  • Formulated a numerical optimization problem to find the tone-curve minimizing expected MSE.
  • Created a simplified model for a closed-form solution, reducing computational complexity.

Main Results:

  • Proposed methods significantly improve reconstructed HDR quality, measured by HDR MSE and SSIM.
  • The optimized tone-mapping approach yields LDR image quality comparable to perceptually-based TMOs.
  • Demonstrated superior performance over existing tone-mapping schemes.

Conclusions:

  • The choice of TMO is critical for backward compatible HDR video compression.
  • Statistical modeling and optimization provide an effective approach to enhance HDR reconstruction.
  • The proposed methods offer a balance between HDR quality and computational efficiency.