Method and device for encoding both a HDR picture and a SDR picture obtained from said HDR picture using color mapping functions

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11006151-B2
Application number	US-201615741257-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 27, 2016
Priority date	Jun 30, 2015
Publication date	May 11, 2021
Grant date	May 11, 2021

Abstract

A method and device of encoding both a HDR picture (IHDR) and a first SDR picture (ISDR1) obtained from said HDR picture, in at least one bitstream (F1, F2, F3, F4). The method comprises: —obtaining (210) a second SDR picture (ISDR2) by tone-mapping the HDR picture (IHDR); —obtaining (230) a color mapping function (CMF) that allows the mapping of the colors of the second SDR picture (ISDR2) onto the colors of a third SDR picture (ISDR3) obtained (220) from the first SDR picture (ISDR1); —encoding (240), in a bitstream, an information (INF) representative of the color mapping function; and —encoding (260), in a bitstream, a fourth SDR picture (ISDR4) obtained (250) from the first SDR picture (ISDR1). The present disclosure further relates to a method and device of decoding.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method of encoding both a high dynamic range (HDR) picture and a first standard dynamic range (SDR) picture obtained from said HDR picture, in at least one bitstream, the method comprising:
obtaining a second SDR picture by tone mapping the HDR picture;
obtaining a color mapping function that allows a mapping of the colors of the second SDR picture onto colors of a third SDR picture obtained from the first SDR picture;
obtaining a fourth SDR picture by applying said color mapping function onto the colors of the second SDR picture;
encoding, in a bitstream, an information representative of the color mapping function; and
encoding, in a bitstream, said fourth SDR picture.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the third picture is the first SDR picture.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the third SDR picture is a decoded version of the encoded first SDR picture.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the obtaining of a second SDR picture by tone mapping the HDR picture comprises obtaining inverse tone mapping information from the HDR picture, applying this inverse tone mapping information to the HDR picture and encoding this information in a bitstream.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the inverse tone mapping information is a backlight picture that is applied to the HDR picture by dividing, pixel by pixel, the HDR picture by the backlight picture to obtain a second SDR picture.

6. A method of decoding a high dynamic range (HDR) picture from at least one bitstream comprising:
obtaining a decoded first standard dynamic range (SDR) picture by decoding a bitstream;
obtaining an information representative of a color mapping function by decoding a bitstream;
obtaining a decoded second SDR picture by applying a function based on the information representative of the color mapping function to the colors of the decoded first SDR picture; and
obtaining a decoded HDR picture by applying an inverse-tone-mapping to the decoded second SDR picture wherein the obtaining of a decoded HDR picture by applying an inverse-tone-mapping to the decoded second SDR picture comprises:
decoding inverse tone mapping information;
obtaining the decoded HDR picture by applying the inverse tone mapping information the second SDR picture.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the obtaining of a decoded HDR picture by applying an inverse-tone-mapping to the decoded second SDR picture comprises:
obtaining a first component by applying a non-linear function on a luminance component, obtained from the bitstream, in order that a dynamic of said first component is increased compared to the dynamic of the luminance component;
obtaining at least one color component from said first component, two chrominance components obtained from the bitstream and from a factor that depends on the luminance component; and

the decoded picture is obtained by combining together said at least one color component.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the inverse tone mapping information is a backlight picture and applying the inverse tone mapping information to the SDR comprises multiplying the second SDR picture by the backlight picture.

9. A device for encoding both a high dynamic range (HDR) picture and a first standard dynamic range (SDR) picture obtained from said HDR picture, in at least one bitstream, wherein the device comprises a processor configured to:
obtain a second SDR picture by tone-mapping the HDR picture;
obtain a color mapping function that allows a mapping of the colors of a second SDR picture onto the colors of a third SDR picture obtained from the first SDR picture;
obtain a fourth SDR picture by applying said color mapping function onto the colors of the second SDR picture;
encode, in a bitstream, an information representative of the color mapping function; and
encode, in a bitstream, said fourth SDR picture.

10. The device of claim 9 , wherein the third picture is the first SDR picture.

11. The device according to claim 9 , wherein, to obtain the second SDR picture by tone mapping the HDR picture, the processor is configured to obtain inverse tone mapping information from the HDR picture; apply the inverse tone mapping information to the HDR picture; and encode the inverse tone mapping information in a bitstream.

12. The device of claim 11 , wherein the inverse tone mapping information is a backlight picture that is applied to the HDR picture by dividing, pixel by pixel, the HDR picture by the backlight picture to obtain a second SDR picture.

13. A device for decoding a high dynamic range (HDR) picture from at least one bitstream, wherein the device comprises a processor configured to:
obtain a decoded first standard dynamic range (SDR) picture by decoding a bitstream;
obtain an information representative of a color mapping function by decoding a bitstream;
obtain a decoded second SDR picture by applying a function based on the information representative of the color mapping function to the colors of the decoded first SDR picture; and
obtain a decoded HDR picture by applying an inverse-tone-mapping to the decoded second SDR picture wherein the obtaining of a decoded HDR picture by applying an inverse-tone-mapping to the decoded second SDR picture comprises:
decode inverse tone mapping information;
obtain the decoded HDR picture by applying the inverse tone mapping information to the second SDR picture.

14. The device of claim 9 , wherein the third SDR picture is a decoded version of the encoded first SDR picture.

15. The device of claim 13 , wherein the obtaining of a decoded HDR picture by applying an inverse-tone-mapping to the decoded second SDR picture comprises:
obtaining a first component by applying a non-linear function on a luminance component, obtained from the bitstream, in order that a dynamic of said first component is increased compared to the dynamic of the luminance component;
obtaining at least one color component from said first component, two chrominance components obtained from the bitstream and from a factor that depends on the luminance component; and

the decoded picture is obtained by combining together said at least one color component.

16. The device of claim 8 , wherein the inverse tone mapping information is a backlight picture and applying the inverse tone mapping information to the second SDR picture comprises multiplying the second SDR picture by the backlight picture.

17. A non-transitory processor readable medium having stored therein instructions for causing a processor to perform a method of encoding both a high dynamic range (HDR) picture and a first standard dynamic range (SDR) picture obtained from said HDR picture, in at least one bitstream, the method comprising:
obtaining a second SDR picture by tone mapping the HDR picture;
obtaining a color mapping function that allows a mapping of the colors of the second SDR picture onto colors of a third SDR picture obtained from the first SDR picture;
obtaining a fourth SDR picture by applying said color mapping function onto the colors of the second SDR picture;

encoding, in a bitstream, an information representative of the color mapping function; and
encoding, in a bitstream, said fourth SDR picture.

18. The non-transitory processor readable medium of claim 11 wherein the obtaining of a second SDR picture by tone mapping the HDR picture comprises obtaining inverse tone mapping information from the HDR picture, applying this inverse tone mapping information to the HDR picture and encoding this information in a bitstream.

Assignees

• Interdigital Madison Patent Holdings Sas

Inventors

• Olivier Yannick
• Leleannec Fabrice
• Lopez Patrick
• Bordes Philippe
• Lasserre Sebastien
• Touze David

Classifications

• H04N19/98 Primary

  Adaptive-dynamic-range coding [ADRC] · CPC title

• H04N19/30 Primary

  using hierarchical techniques, e.g. scalability (H04N19/63 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H04N19/186 Primary

  the unit being a colour or a chrominance component · CPC title

• H04N19/182

  the unit being a pixel · CPC title

• H04N19/70

  characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards · CPC title