A STUDY OF VISUAL DISPLAY ENHANCEMENT AND TECHNIQUES OF COLOR FILTERING,

Abstract

An investigation zs reported of target detection as a function of the spectral partitioning of light energy received from multicolored scenes which contain the targets and as a function of observer opportunity to manipulate certain viewing conditions. One group of observers viewed black and white photographs taken without optical filtering. Two others viewed black and white photographs taken through blue and orangeyellow filters. Observers in one of the latter groups were given complete control of the display facilities, permitting them to view the orange-yellow and blue-filtered images singly, alternately or superimposed. Observers in the other group had more limited control of the display; they could view the two filtered images singly, changing from one to the other as often as desired, but with a brief pause between images. Viewing the two filtered photographs proved superior to viewing the unfiltered one. Differences resulting from the two degrees of display control were small but favored the condition of more complete observer control. Preliminary studies are described in an appendix. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0426265

Entities

People

  • Dennis Musselman
  • James G. Miller
  • Marvin H. Detambel
  • Robert Earl
  • Robert J. Hall

Organizations

  • Hughes Aircraft Company

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Buildings And Structures
  • Detection
  • Filters
  • Filtration
  • Images
  • Observatories
  • Observers
  • Photographs
  • Photography
  • Research Facilities
  • Target Detection

Readers

  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).
  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Mathematics or Statistics