Tone correction of picture is commonly performed by using the transformation of photographic characteristic curve known as gamma correction. However, this method is not always possible because the photographic characteristic curve will not be obtained if the gray scale is not recorded in the picture.
In this paper, a new method for correcting tone of picture is introduced. This method is based on the modification of the cumulative distribution function obtained from the density histogram of picture instead of using the photographic characteristic curve.
Relations between the cumulative distribution function and the photographic characteristic curve are analyzed and experimental results of tone correction are shown.
View full abstract