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A new research on contrast sensitivity function in 3D space

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In this paper, it tries to extend the characteristics of human eyes’ contrast sensitivity Function(CSF) into (3D) space, but the experimental results show that the traditional characteristics of CSF have limitations in 3D space for lack of depth information. In order to investigate the characteristics of CSF in 3D space, traditional CSF tests are further developed to measure the corresponding properties of CSF with different inclined planes, and describe the 𝜃−C S F characteristics of human eyes based on the inclined angles 𝜃. According to the tests, the mathematical expression of 𝜃−C S F is built up. In addition, the concept of spatial frequency in the direction of depth (f D ) is proposed, and f D −C S F characteristic surface is also achieved. The proposed 3D CSF has significant effects on the research of human visual characteristics and 3D image processing.

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This research is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 61471260 and No.61271324), and Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University (NCET-12-0400).

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  1. School of Electronic Information Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China

    Jiachen Yang, Zhiqun Gao & Yancong Lin

  2. School of Optometry, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA

    Yun Liu

  3. School of Computer Science and Engineering, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an, Shanxi, China

    Wei Wei

  4. Department of Computer Science, School of Science, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK

    Qinggang Meng

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Yang, J., Liu, Y., Wei, W. et al. A new research on contrast sensitivity function in 3D space. Multimed Tools Appl 76, 11127–11142 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-016-3541-9

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