Double-stream registration with pyramid fusion for HDR video with alternating exposures
Organizations: Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Cra. de Valldemossa km 7.5, Palma, 07122, Illes Balears, Spain
Abstract
High dynamic range (HDR) video reconstruction from al-ter-na-ting-exposure sequences remains challenging, especially in regions with extreme luminance variation. We propose a novel HDR reconstruction framework based on dual-stream registration and accurate pyramid fusion. Given three consecutive frames, our method computes optical flow directly with the central frame, while introducing a complementary midpoint displacement strategy to handle cases with severe overexposition. A pyramid fusion stage then merges the resulting radiance and LDR images into a final HDR output. Experimental results demonstrate that our approach consistently outperforms state-of-the-art methods.