High-Quality Real-Time HDR
- High-quality single-exposure HDR with dynamic luminance balancing
- Supports real-time processing of images >100 MP
- Enhances dark areas while preserving contrast in bright regions
- Dynamic per-pixel analytics optimize brightness and contrast
- Enables image sharpening
- Prevents noise amplification during contrast enhancement
HDR IP Correction: High Performance Single Exposure
While traditional HDR relies on multiple exposures — a method often impractical for applications involving motion or high data rates — Gidel’s High Dynamic Range IP overcomes these limitations with an innovative single-exposure algorithm. This FPGA-based solution delivers uncompromised HDR quality and real-time performance.
Superior Image Quality with Unlimited Throughput
Gidel’s IP provides real-time, high-quality HDR with virtually zero latency. It stands out by analyzing not only the luminance data of each pixel but also the surrounding pixels, dynamically adjusting HDR processing to account for local luminance variations. This environment-sensitive approach enhances subtle details, even in challenging HRS lighting, to deliver data with exceptional fidelity.
HDR IP High-Volume Processing
Gidel’s proprietary HDR algorithm uses FPGA architecture to process multiple pixels simultaneously. This enables high-speed, efficient performance across an ultra-wide field of view. It is the ideal solution for high-throughput, outdoor HRS pipelines.
Integration in ISP Pipeline
Gidel’s HDR correction provides powerful CPU offloading, integrating seamlessly into Gidel’s Mini Jetson Frame Grabbers, PCIe Frame Grabbers and FPGA Modules. This technology is essential for high-dynamic-range requirements in high-end Imaging & Vision applications.
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High-Quality Demosaicing
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White Balance
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Dynamic Luminance Balance
This modular and customizable approach allows for a fully optimized end-to-end solution to meet the specific demands of any imaging application, ensuring maximum performance with minimal host intervention.
General
- FantoVision Edge Computers
- PCIe Frame Grabbers
- PCIe FPGA accelerators (For RAW data)
- Ultra-Compact FPGA modules
- Inline with acquisition pipeline
- On-FPGA Image Processing and Compressions option
Gidel’s HDR IP – High Dynamic Range Correction is highly modular.
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FAQ
Traditional HDR typically relies on multiple exposures, which is impractical for high-speed motion or high-data-rate applications. Gidel’s HDR IP utilizes an innovative single-exposure algorithm that delivers high dynamic range quality in real time. This ensures superior image detail without the ghosting or artifacts associated with multi-exposure techniques.
Our HDR IP is ideal for high-speed motion and high-data-rate environments where traditional multi-exposure methods fail. Key applications include:
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Aerial & Outdoor Imaging: Aerial Mapping, Orthophoto, and Outdoor HRS sensors.
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Live Broadcast & Media: Sports Broadcasting, Augmented Reality, and Volumetric Imaging.
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High-Precision Vision: Medical Imaging and Homeland Security.
The IP uses a sophisticated, environment-sensitive approach. It analyzes the luminance data of each pixel in relation to its surrounding pixels, dynamically adjusting the processing to account for local variations. This enhances subtle details in dark areas while preserving contrast in bright regions, ensuring exceptional fidelity even for Ultra-High-Resolution (HRS) sensors.
The HDR IP is modular and can be deployed across Gidel’s full hardware range, including PCIe Frame Grabbers, FantoVision Edge Computers, and ultra-compact FPGA modules. It integrates directly into InfiniVision or ProcFG acquisition pipelines, offloading heavy processing from the CPU to the FPGA.
Gidel’s HDR IP is built for high-volume processing with virtually zero latency. The FPGA-based architecture is highly scalable, capable of supporting throughput up to 100 Gb/s. It can process images larger than 100 MP and supports line lengths up to 32K pixels, making it ideal for the most demanding outdoor imaging pipelines.
The IP supports a wide range of input/output data formats from 8 to 31 bits per color. It is compatible with both Area and Line Scan sensors, supporting line lengths up to 32K pixels and up to 1 million lines per frame, providing the flexibility needed for everything from aerial mapping to high-speed industrial inspection.
No. The algorithm is specifically designed to prevent noise amplification during contrast enhancement. By using dynamic per-pixel analytics to optimize brightness and contrast, the system can sharpen images and reveal hidden details without introducing the “grain” often seen in standard digital gain or low-quality HDR solutions.