A self-adapting high dynamic-range visual representation algorithm for AER imagers

A novel algorithm for high intra-scene dynamic-range images representation is here proposed, which is based on Address Event Representation (AER) visual data. The values of the spiking pixels coming from the sensor are dynamically mapped into an 8-bit output, providing a real-time equalization of the scene. The algorithm has been tested using an AER emulator, based on a time-to-first spike imager. The simple implementation of the proposed technique makes it particularly suitable for AER sensors, turning into a real time processing and large programmability on the output tone mapping.