HDR Video Coding based on a Temporally Constrained Tone Mapping Operator,
Résumé
Given its potential for more realistic rendering and
enhanced user experience, High Dynamic Range (HDR) imaging
is raising a lot of interest both in industry and academia. In this
context, efficient representation and coding techniques are
needed, as HDR video entails significantly higher raw data rate.
In this paper, we present a temporally constrained contentadaptive
Tone Mapping Operator (TMO) in order to convert the
input HDR video into a reduced bit depth video sequence which
is then encoded using High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC). As
the proposed TMO simultaneously takes into account the
statistical characteristics of the input frame while better
preserving temporal coherence of the tone mapped video
sequence, it leads to improved coding efficiency. Experimental
results show that the proposed technique compares favorably
with existing methods in terms of rate-distortion when using the
HDR-VDP-2.2.1 quality metric.