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Abstract

are generated for correcting the light intensity for digital pixels implemented in hardware. Two levels of mapping of segments are preformed to reduce the total number of segments for a given precision. The A range of inputs is divided into successively smaller segments. Two levels of mapping of segments are performed. Each segment is smaller than the next by a factor of 1/a for a first or primary level, or 1/b for a second level of segments. All inputs are mapped of scaled up to the input range of the largest segment in the primary level. Then the largest primary segment is further divided into several second-level segments, and the input is again mapped or scaled into the largest of the second-level segments. Gamma correction The function is performed on the input scaled into the largest second-level segment. A linear approximation within the largest second-level segment is used. The result is de-mapped or scaled down from the largest second-level segment to the actual second-level segment, then it is scaled down and again from the largest primary-level segment to the actual primary-level segment for the original input. Smaller priority encoders and shifters and simplified de-mapping circuits can be used, saving logic .

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