Local Tone Mapping - 2023.1 English

Most of the display devices have limited dynamic range. Hence images with wide dynamic range cannot be seen natively on such devices. To see wide dynamic range images on devices with low dynamic range, we need to compress the wide dynamic range of image to a low dynamic range. This process is called as tone-mapping.

Local tone mapping takes pixel neighbor statistics into account, and produces images with more contrast and brightness.

This implementaion is based on the algorithm proposed by J. Yang, A. Hore and O. Yadid-Pecht.

API Syntax

LTM Class API:

template <int IN_TYPE, int OUT_TYPE, int BLOCK_HEIGHT, int BLOCK_WIDTH, int ROWS, int COLS, int NPC, int XFCVDEPTH_IN_1 = _XFCVDEPTH_DEFAULT, int XFCVDEPTH_OUT_1 = _XFCVDEPTH_DEFAULT>
class LTM {}

Processing member function:

xf::cv::LTM<IN_TYPE, OUT_TYPE, BLOCK_HEIGHT, BLOCK_WIDTH, ROWS, COLS, NPC>::process(xf::cv::Mat<IN_TYPE, ROWS, COLS, NPC>& in,
                     int block_rows,
                     int block_cols,
                     XF_CTUNAME(IN_TYPE, NPC) omin_r[MinMaxVArrSize][MinMaxHArrSize],
                     XF_CTUNAME(IN_TYPE, NPC) omax_r[MinMaxVArrSize][MinMaxHArrSize],
                     XF_CTUNAME(IN_TYPE, NPC) omin_w[MinMaxVArrSize][MinMaxHArrSize],
                     XF_CTUNAME(IN_TYPE, NPC) omax_w[MinMaxVArrSize][MinMaxHArrSize],
                     xf::cv::Mat<OUT_TYPE, ROWS, COLS, NPC>& out)

Overlaoded processing member function:

xf::cv::LTM<IN_TYPE, OUT_TYPE, BLOCK_HEIGHT, BLOCK_WIDTH, ROWS, COLS, NPC>::process(xf::cv::Mat<IN_TYPE, ROWS, COLS, NPC>& in,
                     XF_CTUNAME(IN_TYPE, NPC) omin_r[MinMaxVArrSize][MinMaxHArrSize],
                     XF_CTUNAME(IN_TYPE, NPC) omax_r[MinMaxVArrSize][MinMaxHArrSize],
                     XF_CTUNAME(IN_TYPE, NPC) omin_w[MinMaxVArrSize][MinMaxHArrSize],
                     XF_CTUNAME(IN_TYPE, NPC) omax_w[MinMaxVArrSize][MinMaxHArrSize],
                     xf::cv::Mat<OUT_TYPE, ROWS, COLS, NPC>& out)

Parameter Descriptions

The following table describes the template and the function parameters.

Table 623 Table . LocalToneMapping Function Parameter Descriptions
Parameter	Description
IN_TYPE	Input pixel type. The current supported pixel value is XF_8UC3, XF_10UC3, XF_12UC3, XF_16UC3, XF_32FC3
OUT_TYPE	Input pixel type. The current supported pixel value is XF_8UC3, XF_10UC3, XF_12UC3, XF_16UC3
BLOCK_WIDTH	Max block width the image is divided into. This can be any positive integer greater than or equal to 32 and less than input image width.
BLOCK_HEIGHT	Max block height the image is divided into. This can be any positive integer greater than or equal to 32 and less than input image height.
ROWS	Maximum number of rows of the input image that the hardware kernel must be built for.
COLS	Maximum number of columns of the input image that the hardware kernel must be built for.
NPC	Number of pixels to process per cycle. Supported values are XF_NPPC1, XF_NPPC2, XF_NPPC4, XF_NPPC8.
XFCVDEPTH_IN	Depth of the input image.
XFCVDEPTH_OUT	Depth of the output image.
in	Input HDR image
block_rows	Actual block height
block_cols	Actual block width
omin_r	Array of min values to be read by the next frame.
omax_r	Array of max values to be read by the next frame.
omin_w	Array of min values computed in the current frame.
omax_w	Array of max values computed in the current frame.
out	Output HDR image

Resource Utilization

The following table summarizes the resource utilization of LocalToneMapping for a 4K image, as generated in the Vitis HLS 2020.2 version tool for the Xilinx xcu200-fsgd2104-2-e FPGA at 300MHz.

Table 624 Table . LocalToneMapping Function Resource Utilization Summary
Operating Mode	Operating Frequency (MHz)	Utilization Estimate
Operating Mode	Operating Frequency (MHz)	BRAM_18K	DSP_48Es	FF	LUTs
1 pixel	300	0	123	35216	20246
4 pixel	300	0	330	67457	40391

Performance Estimate

The following table summarizes performance estimates of the LocalToneMapping function for a 4K image, generated using Vitis HLS 2020.2 version tool for the Xilinx xcu200-fsgd2104-2-e FPGA.

Table 625 Table . LocalToneMapping Function Performance Estimate Summary
Operating Mode	Operating Frequency (MHz)	Latency Estimate
Operating Mode	Operating Frequency (MHz)	Max (ms)
1 pixel	300	7.2
4 pixel	300	1.9