“Video enhancement using per-pixel virtual exposures” by Bennett and McMillan

We enhance underexposed, low dynamic range videos by adaptively and independently varying the exposure at each photoreceptor in a post-process. This virtual exposure is a dynamic function of both the spatial neighborhood and temporal history at each pixel. Temporal integration enables us to expand the image’s dynamic range while simultaneously reducing noise. Our non-linear exposure variation and denoising filters smoothly transition from temporal to spatial for moving scene elements. Our virtual exposure framework also supports temporally coherent per frame tone mapping. Our system outputs restored video sequences with significantly reduced noise, increased exposure time of dark pixels, intact motion, and improved details.

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