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VISUAL PERCEPTION Flashcards

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1
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The process of knowing or being aware of information through the eyes.

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Visual Perception

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The process of acquiring, interpreting, selecting, and organizing sensory information.

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Visual Perception

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Applying methods of physics to measuring human perceptual systems.

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Psychophysics:

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: Understanding how people think. In this context, how it relates to perception.

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Cognitive psychology

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Visual System:
Light path

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Cornea, pupil, lens, retina
Optic nerve, brain

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Visual Systems
Retinal Cells

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Rods and cones
Unevenly distributed

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7
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Generally produced by purpose built cameras, or computer applications, or drawings

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Pictures

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Some things seem to be done preattentively, without the need for focused attention. Generally take less than ____ msecs (eye movements take _____ msecs)

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200-250
200

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9
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A ______ _____ represents that visual sensation that allows us to pre-attentively differentiate two adjacent, possibly structured parts in our visual field without eye movement

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visual texture

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to identify textures, an observations of about ____-____ms is sufficient (cognitively controlled processes require about ___-_____ ms)

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160-200

300-400

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11
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improve perception of position and orientation

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Texture

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_____ communicate information about the 3D structure regardless of their coloring

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Texture

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13
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fundamental micro-structures in generic natural images
-basic elements in pre-attentive visual perception

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Textons

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14
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Textons can be classified into three general categories:

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  1. elongated blobs
  2. terminators
  3. crossings of line segments
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15
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_____ believes that only a difference in textons or in their density can be detected pre-attentively

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Julesz

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16
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When designing textures to indicate different regions of a visualization, make sure that the _____ are as different as possible

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textons

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17
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Each of these target types can be classified as ___ or ____

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friendly or hostile

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18
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3D display should provide ___ cues

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depth

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19
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more distant objects become smaller in the image

can indicate focus, importance, or ordering

  • elements of a uniform texture become smaller with distance
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Linear Perspective

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  • show the relative height of objects above a surface
  • provide strong depth cues for objects in motion
  • can be semi-realistic and still work as a depth cue
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Shadow

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21
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very powerful depth cue

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Occlusion

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22
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(structure from motion) –> how objects relate under motion (see next slide for examples)

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motion parallax

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23
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information visualization displays, one may ____ ____ to emphasize importance, despite depth relationships

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exploit focus

24
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Symbols should be rapidly ______ and ______

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perceived; differentiated

25
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Measured amount of light coming from some place

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Luminance

26
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Perceived amount of light coming from source

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Brightness

27
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CIELAB -
CIELUV -

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(print)
(display)

28
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____ (based on technology model)
____ (based on perceptual color model)

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RGB
HSB (HVS) model

29
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___ what people think of color

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Hue

30
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____ intensity, whiteness

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Saturation

31
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____ light/dark

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Brightness (Value)

32
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Surround matters, especially for colors

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Successive Contrast

33
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Color perception is ____

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relative

34
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We are sensitive to small differences- hence need ____ million colors when driving computer displays

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sixteen

35
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Not sensitive to absolute values- hence we can only use less than ___ or ____ colors for coding

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10 or 12

36
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Ordered values should be represented by _____ colors

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perceptually-ordered

37
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Separation: significantly different levels should be represented by ____ colors

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distinguishable

38
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: good for showing form

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Luminance

39
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Allows you to simulate what a colorblind person would see when viewing your image or website.

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Vischeck by Bob Dougherty and Alex Wade.

40
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____ (part of vischeck) will correct (suggest) alternative color scheme so colorblind person can appreciate detail in image (switch Red/Green use to other hues

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Daltonize

41
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Types of color scales

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Continuous/Interval Data
Categorical Data

42
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_____ Data use continuous color scale (mono/divergent)

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Continuous/Interval

43
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____ Data use labeling/qualitative color scale

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Categorical

44
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_______ by ______;for GIS maps, is very helpful for picking safe continuous/discrete scales, and the number of colors in scales. She avoids uses saturated colors, and developed diverging color scales.

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Color Brewer Tool developed by Cynthia Brewer

45
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_____ by ____ Allows you to easily visualize and modify/compare color scheme choices for several common (designer recommended) color palettes for interfaces

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Color Scheme Designer by Petr Stanicek.

46
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Generally don’t use ____ colors

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complementary

47
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If you want contrast, use nearly ____, or ______ analogic.

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accented

48
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Adobe’s ___ tool. Social media tool allowing you to save and share your color theme schemes, and to search and see others as well.

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Kuler

49
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____ and ____: to preserve univariate information, display parameters should should be perceptually orthogonal (ideally)

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Rows and columns

50
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Use ______ for detail, shape and form

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luminance

51
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Use color for _____ - few colors

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coding

52
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Strong colors for small areas - contrast in ____ with background

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luminance

53
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_____ colors can be used to segment large areas

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Subtle

54
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Luminance Channel

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Detail
Form
Shading
Motion
Stereo

55
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Chromatic channels

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  • Surfaces of things
  • Labels
  • Categories,Berlin and Kay (about 6-10)
  • Red, green, yellow and blue are special (unique hues)

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