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59.2: Defining Dynamic Range
Author(s) -
Ward Greg
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
sid symposium digest of technical papers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.351
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 2168-0159
pISSN - 0097-966X
DOI - 10.1889/1.3069820
Subject(s) - luminance , range (aeronautics) , high dynamic range , metric (unit) , dynamic range , computer science , computer graphics (images) , computer vision , perception , artificial intelligence , mathematics , engineering , psychology , operations management , aerospace engineering , neuroscience
We introduce a new metric for dynamic range of displays that closely corresponds with human perception in practical settings. The Number of Distinguishable Grays is a count of the visible luminance steps from the deepest black to the brightest white a display produces under known ambient conditions.