Improving information perception from digital images for users with dichromatic color vision
2014 (English)In: COLOR IMAGING XIX: DISPLAYING, PROCESSING, HARDCOPY, AND APPLICATIONS / [ed] Reiner Eschbach, Gabriel G. Marcu and Alessandro Rizzi, International Society for Optical Engineering; 1999 , 2014, Vol. 9015, p. 9015-02-Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
Color vision deficiency (CVD) is the inability, or limited ability, to recognize colors and discriminate between them. A person with this condition perceives a narrower range of colors compared to a person with normal color vision. In this study we concentrate on recoloring digital images in such a way that users with CVD, especially dichromats, perceive more details from the recolored images compared to the original ones. During this color transformation process, the goal is to keep the overall contrast of the image constant, while adjusting the colors that might cause confusion for the CVD user. In this method, RGB values at each pixel of the image are first converted into HSV values and, based on pre-defined rules, the problematic colors are adjusted into colors that are perceived better by the user. Comparing the simulation of the original image, as it would be perceived by a dichromat, with the same dichromatic simulation on the recolored image, clearly shows that our method can eliminate a lot of confusion for the user and convey more details. Moreover, an online questionnaire was created and a group of 39 CVD users confirmed that the transformed images allow them to perceive more information compared to the original images.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
International Society for Optical Engineering; 1999 , 2014. Vol. 9015, p. 9015-02-
Keywords [en]
Color vision deficiency; Color blindness; Color vision simulation; Dichromacy; Automatic color correction; Digital Color Imaging; Color transformation methods; HSV color space
National Category
Engineering and Technology
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-106106DOI: 10.1117/12.2039132ISI: 000333196800002ISBN: 9780819499325 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-106106DiVA, id: diva2:714177
Conference
COLOR IMAGING XIX: Displaying, Processing, Hardcopy and Applications Volume 9015
2014-04-252014-04-242014-06-30