AdaptiveAE: An Adaptive Exposure Strategy for HDR Capturing in Dynamic Scenes

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Main Authors: Xu, Tianyi, Zhang, Fan, Shi, Boxin, Xue, Tianfan, Wang, Yujin
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Published: 2025
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author Xu, Tianyi
Zhang, Fan
Shi, Boxin
Xue, Tianfan
Wang, Yujin
author_facet Xu, Tianyi
Zhang, Fan
Shi, Boxin
Xue, Tianfan
Wang, Yujin
contents Mainstream high dynamic range imaging techniques typically rely on fusing multiple images captured with different exposure setups (shutter speed and ISO). A good balance between shutter speed and ISO is crucial for achieving high-quality HDR, as high ISO values introduce significant noise, while long shutter speeds can lead to noticeable motion blur. However, existing methods often overlook the complex interaction between shutter speed and ISO and fail to account for motion blur effects in dynamic scenes. In this work, we propose AdaptiveAE, a reinforcement learning-based method that optimizes the selection of shutter speed and ISO combinations to maximize HDR reconstruction quality in dynamic environments. AdaptiveAE integrates an image synthesis pipeline that incorporates motion blur and noise simulation into our training procedure, leveraging semantic information and exposure histograms. It can adaptively select optimal ISO and shutter speed sequences based on a user-defined exposure time budget, and find a better exposure schedule than traditional solutions. Experimental results across multiple datasets demonstrate that it achieves the state-of-the-art performance.
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spellingShingle AdaptiveAE: An Adaptive Exposure Strategy for HDR Capturing in Dynamic Scenes
Xu, Tianyi
Zhang, Fan
Shi, Boxin
Xue, Tianfan
Wang, Yujin
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Image and Video Processing
Mainstream high dynamic range imaging techniques typically rely on fusing multiple images captured with different exposure setups (shutter speed and ISO). A good balance between shutter speed and ISO is crucial for achieving high-quality HDR, as high ISO values introduce significant noise, while long shutter speeds can lead to noticeable motion blur. However, existing methods often overlook the complex interaction between shutter speed and ISO and fail to account for motion blur effects in dynamic scenes. In this work, we propose AdaptiveAE, a reinforcement learning-based method that optimizes the selection of shutter speed and ISO combinations to maximize HDR reconstruction quality in dynamic environments. AdaptiveAE integrates an image synthesis pipeline that incorporates motion blur and noise simulation into our training procedure, leveraging semantic information and exposure histograms. It can adaptively select optimal ISO and shutter speed sequences based on a user-defined exposure time budget, and find a better exposure schedule than traditional solutions. Experimental results across multiple datasets demonstrate that it achieves the state-of-the-art performance.
title AdaptiveAE: An Adaptive Exposure Strategy for HDR Capturing in Dynamic Scenes
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Image and Video Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.13503