Visibility of Displayed Information

Abstract

This report is concerned with the visibility of displayed luminance information, that is, predicting what an observer can see when he views a display. Some of the specific practical problems addressed are: When does a change in display modulation transfer become visible. What are the perceptual effects of sampling and a visible raster structure. How does the perceived information vary with display signal-to-noise ratio. What perceptual effect does a change in display luminance have on the perceived information. And, finally, what display conditions are required in order to produce a perceptually 'perfect' displayed image.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA063009

Entities

People

  • Curtis R. Carlson
  • Roger W. Cohen

Organizations

  • Sarnoff Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Airplanes
  • Cameras
  • Delta Functions
  • Detection
  • Display Systems
  • Electron Beams
  • Engineers
  • Frequency
  • Information Theory
  • Military Research
  • Photographs
  • Power Spectra
  • Signal Detection
  • Signal Processing
  • Sine Waves

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.