From Photon to Pixel

From Photon to Pixel

by Henri Maitre
Released October 2015
Publisher(s): Wiley-ISTE
ISBN: 9781848218475

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Book description

The digital camera conceals remarkable technological innovations that affect the formation of the image, the color representation or automated measurements and settings.

** From photon to pixel photon ** describes the device both from the point of view of the physics of the phenomena involved, as technical components and software it uses. Based on the perceptual properties of the visual system as well as on standard transmission and representation, analyzes the solutions to meet the demands of the photographer on the development, contrast, white balance or stabilization of image.

 The advanced architectures adopted in mobile phones and developments of computational photography are also presented, foreshadowing the features of the future device.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. 1: First Contact
    1. 1.1. Toward a society of the image
    2. 1.2. The reason for this book
    3. 1.3. Physical principle of image formation
    4. 1.4. Camera block diagram
  6. 2: The Photographic Objective Lens
    1. 2.1. Focusing
    2. 2.2. Depth of field
    3. 2.3. Angle of view
    4. 2.4. Centered systems
    5. 2.5. Fisheye systems
    6. 2.6. Incoherent diffraction
    7. 2.7. Camera calibration
    8. 2.8. Aberrations
  7. 3: The Digital Sensor
    1. 3.1. Sensor size
    2. 3.2. The photodetector
    3. 3.3. Integrated filters in the sensor
  8. 4: Radiometry and Photometry
    1. 4.1. Radiometry: physical parameters
    2. 4.2. Subjective aspects: photometry
    3. 4.3. Real systems
    4. 4.4. Radiometry and photometry in practice
    5. 4.5. From the watt to the ISO
  9. 5: Color
    1. 5.1. From electromagnetic radiation to perception
    2. 5.2. Color spaces
    3. 5.3. The white balance
    4. 5.4. Acquiring color
    5. 5.5. Reconstructing color: demosaicing
  10. 6: Image Quality
    1. 6.1. Qualitative attributes
    2. 6.2. Global image quality assessment
    3. 6.3. Information capacity
  11. 7: Noise in Digital Photography
    1. 7.1. Photon noise
    2. 7.2. Electronic noise
    3. 7.3. Non-uniform noise
    4. 7.4. Noise models for image acquisition
  12. 8: Image Representation: Coding and Formats
    1. 8.1. “Native” format and metadata
    2. 8.2. RAW (native) format
    3. 8.3. Metadata
    4. 8.4. Lossless compression formats
    5. 8.5. Image formats for graphic design
    6. 8.6. Lossy compression formats
    7. 8.7. Tiled formats
    8. 8.8. Video coding
    9. 8.9. Compressed sensing
  13. 9: Elements of Camera Hardware
    1. 9.1. Image processors
    2. 9.2. Memory
    3. 9.3. Screens
    4. 9.4. The shutter
    5. 9.5. Measuring focus
    6. 9.6. Stabilization
    7. 9.7. Additions to the lens assembly: supplementary lenses and filters
    8. 9.8. Power cells
  14. 10: Photographic Software
    1. 10.1. Integrated software
    2. 10.2. Imported software
    3. 10.3. External software
  15. Bibliography
  16. Index
  17. End User License Agreement

Product information

  • Title: From Photon to Pixel
  • Author(s): Henri Maitre
  • Release date: October 2015
  • Publisher(s): Wiley-ISTE
  • ISBN: 9781848218475