Displaying detail in bright environments: A 10,000 nit display and its evaluation

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2019
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Toffoli,D
Debattista,K
Maximino Bessa
Miguel Correia Melo
Hatchett,J
Chalmers,A
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Consumer High Dynamic Range (HDR) displays are appearing on the market. Capable of generating a peak luminance of up to 2,000 nits, the improved dynamic range they provide can only be perceived when viewed in a dark environment. In this paper, we present a display architecture that is capable of generating a peak luminance of 10,000 nits. We demonstrate, with a subjective evaluation, that the increased peak luminance is required to perceive a high dynamic range in bright ambient environments. Furthermore, we show that by fitting a surface through the data, we can predict the dynamic range that can be perceived from the luminance and illuminance with low error. We can also invert the prediction to estimate the required peak luminance for a particular combination of dynamic range and ambient lighting.
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