Chapter 6 Flashcards
perceived distance of an object could be (2 things)
metric or ordinal
metric
estimate absolute distance
ordinal
relative arrangement of visible objects can be inferred
sensory cue
piece of info derived from sensory stimulation and relevant for perception
monocular depth cue
if depth cue s derived from photoreceptors or movements from single eye
stereo depth cue
both eyes are required to derive depth from photoreptors or movements
retinal image size
assume object would occupy a larger part of the image and cover more pixels as it comes closer to the camera
two important factors with reteinal image size
view must be familiar with object and know its true size, and object must appear natural as to not conflict with other depth cues
size contancy scaling
assume distance rather than size if person is changing if they come closer - falls under subjective constancy involving size, shape and color
size perception
if uncertainty about size, knowledge of distance should contribute to estimating and coupled with depth perception
controversial depth theory
our perceived vidual angle differs from acutal visula angle beause visual angle is proportional to retinal image size
motion parallax
relative differnce in speeds of objects - related to optical flow
horopter
humans perceive a single focused image over a surface in space
binocular disparity
each eye provides different vewpoint resulting in different images on retina/ provide lateral offset ofr each eye but eyes can rotate to converge
monocular depth cues
shadows, interposition, image blur, atmosphereic cue
shadows
resoluve amigous depth in ball and shadow illusion
interposition
provideordinal depth cue
image blur
one gnome appears closer if blurred
atmospheric cue
scenery perceived farther because lower contrast
diplopia
perceive double images of ojbects at other depths
reichardt dector (pg 156)
responds to directional motion in human vision system
wagon wheel effect
a wheel with spokes may appear to be rotating in opposite direction depending on speed
motion detectors are…
local in the sense that a tiny portion of visual field causes each to activate
aperture problem
if too much of the moving body is blocked
vector field
global motions across a retina that assigns a velocity vector at every position