Study of blur discrimination for 3D stereo viewing

Mahesh Subedar; Lina J. Karam

doi:10.1117/12.2042517

6 March 2014 Study of blur discrimination for 3D stereo viewing

Mahesh Subedar, Lina J. Karam

Proceedings Volume 9011, Stereoscopic Displays and Applications XXV; 90110T (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2042517
Event: IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging, 2014, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Blur is an important attribute in the study and modeling of the human visual system. Blur discrimination was studied extensively using 2D test patterns. In this study, we present the details of subjective tests performed to measure blur discrimination thresholds using stereoscopic 3D test patterns. Specifically, the effect of disparity on the blur discrimination thresholds is studied on a passive stereoscopic 3D display. The blur discrimination thresholds are measured using stereoscopic 3D test patterns with positive, negative and zero disparity values, at multiple reference blur levels. A disparity value of zero represents the 2D viewing case where both the eyes will observe the same image. The subjective test results indicate that the blur discrimination thresholds remain constant as we vary the disparity value. This further indicates that binocular disparity does not affect blur discrimination thresholds and the models developed for 2D blur discrimination thresholds can be extended to stereoscopic 3D blur discrimination thresholds. We have presented fitting of the Weber model to the 3D blur discrimination thresholds measured from the subjective experiments.

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Mahesh Subedar and Lina J. Karam "Study of blur discrimination for 3D stereo viewing", Proc. SPIE 9011, Stereoscopic Displays and Applications XXV, 90110T (6 March 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2042517

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