Component Estimated Cost Actual Cost Description Digital Camera$200$0 The camera used with the system. Must have a USB interface and use the PTP/IP Protocol. Currently, this is a Canon A70 donated by Angela Buttrick. CSM – 12D Microcontroller $200$0 The microcontroller to control the camera. Provided by the RIT CE Department. VDIP USB Host Controller $40 The device used to communicate between the camera and the microcontroller. Plastic Enclosure$5 Housing for the HCS12, USB interface, lamps, buttons, and battery pack. Battery Housing$3 A battery housing to hold four AA batteries. Rechargeable Batteries $10$0Four Ni-MH AA batteries Circuitry$15$8 LEDs, resistors, TTL NAND gates, mechanical switches/buttons, and wiring. TOTAL$473$56 RIT Department of Computer Engineering Angela Buttrick – Nathan Naber – John Olender Senior Design Project - Fall 2007 Project Costs Meet the Team Angela ButtrickNathan NaberJohn Olender 5 th Year BS Computer Engineer GUI Code 5 th Year BS Computer Engineer RCU, Canon Protocol 5 th Year BS/MS Computer Engineer Microcontroller Remote Control Unit Circuit Diagram Underexposed Fast Shutter Speed Typical Exposure Without Flash Overexposed Slow Shutter Speed HDR Image Remote Control Unit PartsRemote Control Unit Circuitry Remote Control Unit with Camera Processing Software To convert the captured set of LDR images to a single HDR image, open source tools are used. The tool set pfscalibration allows for the calibration of the camera used to take the pictures and the recovery of HDR images from the multiple exposure images. The tool set, pfstools, provides a set of tools for reading and writing HDR images. The pfstmo tool set allows for tone-mapping operators to be applied to HDR images, producing images which may be displayed on a LDR display device. This software contains the gradient domain compression scheme, along with a number of other tone mapping operators. Project Description The objective of this project is to automate the process of taking high dynamic range (HDR) images using a conventional low dynamic range (LDR) camera. An HDR image is able to capture a much higher level of detail than a LDR image, as it is able to capture a much wider dynamic range of intensities than a regular LDR image is able to. To obtain a HDR image from a standard digital camera, a series of pictures must be taken at a variety of shutter speeds. The GUI provides a user friendly tool to send appropriate commands to the camera. How To Use Product Install Program from CD-Rom Connect Camera through USB to PC Set preferences using the GUI Upon completion of taking series of pictures, use tab ‘HDR Image Processing’ on GUI Calibrate Camera Select Destination for final tone mapped HDR image file PC Interface Select Picture Destination Chose Exposure Lengths Choose Number of Images Connect Camera Start Taking Pictures Turn On/Off Viewfinder of Camera PC Interface Select All Images Calibrate Camera Display of Output Path Create HDR Image