This article addresses the problem of low dynamic range image enhancement for commercial digital cameras. A\r\nnovel simultaneous dynamic range compression and local contrast enhancement algorithm (SDRCLCE) is presented\r\nto resolve this problem in a single-stage procedure. The proposed SDRCLCE algorithm is able to combine with\r\nmany existent intensity transfer functions, which greatly increases the applicability of the proposed method. An\r\nadaptive intensity transfer function is also proposed to combine with SDRCLCE algorithm that provides the\r\ncapability to adjustably control the level of overall lightness and contrast achieved at the enhanced output.\r\nMoreover, the proposed method is amenable to parallel processing implementation that allows us to improve the\r\nprocessing speed of SDRCLCE algorithm. Experimental results show that the performance of the proposed method\r\noutperforms three state-of-the-art methods in terms of dynamic range compression and local contrast\r\nenhancement.
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