Visual sensitivity to color-varying stimuli

Sarah A. Rajala; H. Joel Trussell; B. Krishnakumar

doi:10.1117/12.135983

27 August 1992 Visual sensitivity to color-varying stimuli

Sarah A. Rajala, H. Joel Trussell, B. Krishnakumar

Proceedings Volume 1666, Human Vision, Visual Processing, and Digital Display III; (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.135983
Event: SPIE/IS&T 1992 Symposium on Electronic Imaging: Science and Technology, 1992, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

We present the results of a study of the sensitivity of the human visual system (HVS) to spatially varying color stimuli. Sinusoidal grating patterns of different spatial frequencies were presented to six observers and the contrast required to just distinguish the pattern from the surrounding uniform field was determined. Tables and curves of contrast (measured in ΔE_Lab) as a function of frequency were generated at different values of; the orientation (horizontal, vertical and diagonal) of the pattern, the average luminance, the x and y chromaticity co-ordinates, and the direction of the variation of the stimulus in color space (luminance, red-green, and blue-yellow). The results show that the HVS is more sensitive to sinusoidal gratings oriented horizontally and vertically regardless of the type of variation. Furthermore, the HVS is more sensitive to luminance variations than it is to chromatic variations. Tables and curves of the data are presented.

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Sarah A. Rajala, H. Joel Trussell, and B. Krishnakumar "Visual sensitivity to color-varying stimuli", Proc. SPIE 1666, Human Vision, Visual Processing, and Digital Display III, (27 August 1992); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.135983

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