Testing the Possibility of Average-Color Perception from Multi-Colored Patterns

To test the possibility that an average color is perceived from a multi-colored pattern, the appearance of colored mosaic patterns as a whole was measured by the method of adjustment. As the range of color distribution in a mosaic pattern became larger, subjects matches deviated more from the photometric averages of each pattern and the subjects perceived higher brightness from mosaic patterns. Since the saliency of element colors was different in an equiluminant mosaic pattern, two possible hypotheses for selecting a color which represents a mosaic pattern was examined by using brightness match results for each element color. The results show that the mosaic element with the highest-saturation strongly influences the choice of a color to represent a mosaic pattern.     

Color generation in butterfly wings and fabrication of such structures

The wings of the morpho butterfly demonstrate an iridescent blue color over wide viewing angles. The mechanism that generates this blue color is studied. Optical and transmission electron microscopy of the butterfly wings reveal a complex wing structure with as many as 24 layers with periodic structures. The color generation is caused by interference of the multilayer structure as well as diffraction. It is possible to specially design grating structures so that a specific blue color can be generated and observed over wider angles. To demonstrate the grating concept, complex multigratings are designed and fabricated with electron-beam lithography. The light-diffraction properties of these gratings are presented.     

Color Discrimination Characteristics Depending on the Background Color in the (<Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis>, <Emphasis Type="Italic">M</Emphasis>) Plane of a Cone Space

We investigated color discriminability on the background color. The measurement was carried out at over 21 background colors in (L, M) plane of a cone space by four observers. We used low temporal stimulus frequency (1 Hz) so that threshold was determined by the red-green opponent mechanism. Results showed that color discriminability depends on the background colors. Threshold was higher with a more saturated background color. This suggests that the sensitivity of the red-green opponent mechanism is high when the mechanism’s output is small and increases with the output levels of the mechanism. To confirm this relationship between the red-green mechanism and color discriminability, color appearance depending the background color was also evaluated. There was a strong correlation between the sensitivity and the perceived whiteness. Both sensitivity and whiteness value were highest at around the equal energy white point and decreased with increase in the difference between background color and equal energy white. This suggests that the adaptation state of the red-green opponent color controls color discrimination.     

Controlled Vortex Breakdown on Modified Delta Wings

This paper studies the effect of perturbation to the breakdown of the leading-edge vortices over delta wings. The passive perturbation in the normal direction is achieved by installing the hemisphere-like bulges on the delta wing along the projection of the vortices. The key purpose of this perturbation is to delay or suppress vortex breakdown over delta wings according to the self-induction mechanism theory. The design of bulge-like surface for delta wings offers a minimization of initial vorticity gradient and an elimination of linearly mutual induction within the vortex core. Three delta wings with swept angles of 60°, 65dg and 70° have been used. Dye flow visualization and force measurement in different water tunnels are performed at the water speed of U=0.10, 0.15, 0.20 and 0.25 m/s. In flow visualization, the results show contributions of bulges as perturbation to leading-edge vortices. The best outcome of perturbing the vortex core occurs in the case of the 65° delta wing. The breakdown positions on the 65° delta wing are delayed in almost the entire range of angles of attack, and that, the results are presented here.     

跨声速盒式翼布局双翼气动干扰研究

盒式翼布局相对常规布局可以很大程度地减小诱导阻力,同时平滑的升力分布有利于减小跨声速激波阻力,但双翼间的气动干扰是跨声速盒式翼布局存在的主要问题.为掌握跨声速双翼气动干扰特性,选用超临界翼型RAE2822作为双翼翼型,对M=0.75,正负交错两种情况下双翼几何参数对布局升阻特性的影响进行数值研究.结果表明,增大双翼的纵向距离可以减弱双翼间气动干扰,使升阻比提高至无干扰升阻比.其中,前翼在下、后翼在上的负交错布局在双翼纵向距离为1.5倍上翼弦长时即可接近无干扰升阻比,更有利于提升布局的升阻特性.负交错时双翼的垂直间距对布局升阻比影响不大,无翼差角且减小前翼弦长有利于提高升阻比.      

Replication of butterfly wing microstructures using molding lithography

This study employed a soft lithography technique to fabricate a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) replica of the multi-layered scales on the upper surface of a Morpho butterfly. The bionic photonic crystal microstructure of the replicated scales was examined using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM). The absorptivity, reflectivity and fluorescent characteristics of the wing were measured. The results showed that the microstructural and optical characteristics of the replicated wing qualitatively agree with those of the actual wing. The contact angle for the natural wing structure and the replicated wing were about 143° and 120°, respectively. As a result, it can be inferred that the soft lithography technique employed in this study represents a viable approach for the mass production of artificial photonic crystal structures for a variety of commercial applications, including optical elements for computing and communications purposes, photonic integrated circuits, anti-counterfeiting mechanisms, and so forth.     

Luminance and Chromaticity Conditions of a Bichromatic Cross Pattern for Chromatically-Uniform Transparency

We can perceive a surface through another surface. This perception is called transparency. It is known that transparency can be perceived even if the stimulus conditions are not consistent with physical conditions for a real transparent surface. In this study, we measured the ranges of luminance and chromaticity of the overlapping area of two crossed layers at which a surface was perceived as chromatically-uniform transparent. As the results, the luminance range of the overlapping area existed around or near the luminance of the inducing area. The upper and lower limits of the luminance range were higher for the dark background than for the light background. Moreover, the chromatic range existed around the additive colormixture line between two chromaticities of the inducing areas for both dark and light backgrounds. This indicates that the perceptual transparency mechanism would divide the color of an additive color mixture into the original colors that exist in the inducing areas. We noticed that the perceptual appearance of the stimulus changed greatly depending on the luminances of the overlapping area and the background. These differences in perceptual appearance would be a factor explaining individual difference and deciding the luminance conditions for transparency.     

Replication of homologous optical and hydrophobic features by templating wings of butterflies Morpho menelaus

The revealed “Christmas-tree” nanostructures in the cover and ground scales of the butterfly Morpho menelaus are responsible for the observed iridescent blue color and the diffraction pattern of the wings. The aspect ratio of nanostructures in ground scales is more than 5 times higher than that of Morpho peleides cover scales. Inspired by the butterfly, artificial nanostructures are fabricated successfully by templating the scales imbricating in the wings with low-temperature atomic layer deposition (ALD) methods. Through structural characterizations and optical measurements, we reveal that the hybrid structures inherit not only the morphology of the scales with high fidelity but also the homologous optical features including iridescence and diffraction. Besides, water contact angle measurements on both uncoated and coated wings show hydrophobic results. The integration of bio-templates and ALD methods provide a potential route to fabricate the nanostructures with multi-functional features, which may be especially crucial in the applications of innovative functional optical devices.     

无缝襟翼吹气控制机理和地面效应分析

基于Coanda效应的无缝襟翼吹气控制能大幅度提升机翼升力, 改善大型运输类飞机起降性能, 因此研究起降阶段地面效应对吹气控制的影响十分必要。通过数值模拟方法, 从流场变化的角度分析了无缝襟翼吹气控制机理, 以及有/无襟翼吹气时地面效应对翼型气动性能的影响。襟翼吹气使Coanda表面产生局部低压区, 形成指向Coanda表面的压力梯度, 进而引起射流上方的主流偏转和加速, 使整个翼面近壁区产生顺时针方向的速度增量; 翼面压力面的压力增大, 吸力面的吸力增强, 其中主翼上翼面吸力增强是翼型升力增加的主要来源。无吹气时, 地面效应使翼型上/下翼面附近的流速均降低, 上/下翼面的压力均有所提高, 整体上使翼型升力降低。有地面效应时的襟翼吹气增强了下翼面对来流的阻滞作用, 进一步提高了下翼面的压力; 襟翼吹气使上翼面气流加速, 可抵消地面效应引起的上翼面气流减速, 一定程度上减小了地面效应引起的上翼面吸力损失。      

Optical properties of Ag@cicada wing substrate deposited by Ag nanoparticles

In this paper, Ag nanoparticles were deposited on Ag@cicada wing array by using the cicada wings as templates to study its optical properties, including surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), polarization and surface enhanced fluorescence (SEF). The nanogaps between adjacent conical protrusion can be well dominated by adjusting the sputtering time and the optimal substrate AgNPs@Ag@cicada wing arrays have a noteworthy enhancement of SERS signal. Characterization of the prepared optimal substrate certified that it possesses the excellent SERS performances. Basically consistent SERS signal strength at the different polarization angles of the optimal substrate indicates that its polarization-independence. The SEF spectra shows that the optimal substrate has a slightly lower and unstable enhancement at this initial stage of repeated examination due to the weak adhesion between the Ag@cicada wing arrays and Ag nanoparticles. The outstanding optical properties indicate that it has enormous potential in the label-free detection and biological analytes determination.     

复杂显示中诱导域彩度对目标色貌的影响

用双目不对称匹配法测试了在复杂显示中目标色貌与其周围诱导域彩度的关系。结果表明：当保持目标与周围的色调相同且亮度不变,只改变诱导域的彩度时,色诱导引起的目标色觉位移的大小随诱导域彩度的增加而增加,色觉位移的方向大多数不随诱导域彩度改变,基本指向该色调彩度降低的方向。     

编码光系统的颜色耦合与颜色失衡校正

为了减小编码光系统中的颜色耦合与颜色失衡的干扰,提高形状与颜色重建的准确度,建立了彩色编码光系统,并对其所采用的编解码方法、颜色重建的两个相关环节及颜色校正方法进行了研究。首先,给出了系统的彩色梯形相移强度比编解码法,分析了编解码过程中存在的RGB基色相互耦合现象,设计了应用Caspi模型硬件标定的颜色耦合校正方案;然后,给出了系统的逐点颜色重建法,分析了颜色重建过程中由表面曲率导致的颜色失衡现象,设计了利用表面几何信息校正颜色失衡的方案。实验结果表明：校正后单一绿色图像中的红色分量值约为校正前的1/10;单色表面色差约为0.1,趋近于人眼颜色分辨率,远低于校正前的0.4;重建的单色复杂被测表面颜色均匀、视觉效果良好,符合实际情况。提出的方法符合编码光系统抗干扰能力强的要求,有助于提高形状与颜色重建的准确度。     

CIELUV色差计算公式的实验修正

通过在彩色显示器上所做的主观色差评价实验获得了对ＣＩＥＬＵＶ颜色空间差公式的线性校正，利用校正后的色差公式计算的结果与视觉的主观色差评价十分吻合。     

Color Appearance Determined by Recognition of Space

The color appearance was measured for a test patch which was placed in a test room illuminated by daylight lamps and was looked at from a subject room illuminated by one of four colored illuminations, red, yellow, green and blue, through windows of various sizes. When the window was small so that only the test patch was seen within the window the color of the test patch appeared almost opponent to the illumination color, but as soon as something was seen within the window of a larger size the color returned to the original color of the test patch. To recognize the test room as a space was essential to perceive the real color of the test patch. The results were explained by the concept of the recognized visual space of illumination.     

Three Dimensionality of the Recognized Visual Space of Illumination Proved by Hidden Illumination

We hypothesized that the recognized visual space of illumination (RVSI) was constructed in our brain when we grasped the state of illumination of a space. The importance about the RVSI is that it is three dimensional and is valid not only at the surfaces of the existing objects in the space, but also for the entire portion in the space where no objects exist. With this property of RVSI we are able to predict the appearance of an object surface in terms of lightness as well as of color when the object shifts from one place to the other in the space. The three dimensionality of the RVSI is proved by giving a hidden illumination within a space and by asking a subject to judge the lightness or color of a test patch placed in the area of the hidden illumination. In spite of the additional light on the test patch the subject did not recognize that the light was added but simply felt that the surface was made of a higher lightness or colored by transferring the light into an increase of the reflectance factor of the test patch. The results can be interpreted if we assume that a same RVSI exists throughout the entire space including the area of the hidden illumination.     

Color Appearance Explained,Predicted and Confirmed by the Concept of Recognized Visual Space of Illumination

Ten years have passed since we proposed a new concept called recognized visual space of illumination (RVSI). The central idea of the concept assumes that our brain first recognizes how a space is illuminated and then judges colors of anything seen in the space in relation to the RVSI constructed for the space. In another expression we say that the space is recognized first and the color perception next. In this paper some of our experiments that proved the appropriateness of the concept will be introduced. When a white paper was seen through a colored filter we could perceive the paper as white at the same instant we recognized a space through and beyond the filter. When an achromatic patch independent from the room illumination was observed under colored illumination its appearance immediately changed to that roughly opponent to the illumination color. When two gray patches of the same lightness were drawn in a picture of a white grating on a black background on a way that one appeared to locate on this side of the grating and the other in the other side, the former appeared brighter. These all confirmed the predictions based on the RVSI concept.     

三维机翼表面水滴撞击特性计算

系统研究机翼结冰计算中水滴轨迹和撞击特性的计算方法,将网格扇形分区和单元拓扑结构思想应用于水滴轨迹计算,引入欧拉法、预估-校正、四步Runge-Kutta法离散求解水滴运动方程.基于三维NACA 0012机翼模型,讨论水滴所在位置判断、速度插值和表面收集系数的计算方法,分析方程离散格式、水滴释放位置对计算结果的影响.采用三维机翼计算收集系数分布,并与试验结果进行对比,分析水滴直径对收集系数的影响;最后,将水滴计算模块DROP3D集成于结冰软件计算平台,计算不同工况参数下,机翼表面的气流流场和水滴撞击特性及结冰冰形,进-步验证程序的运行性能.     

Quantification of wing and body kinematics in connection to torque generation during damselfly yaw turn

This study provides accurate measurements of the wing and body kinematics of three different species of damselflies in free yaw turn flights. The yaw turn is characterized by a short acceleration phase which is immediately followed by an elongated deceleration phase. Most of the heading change takes place during the latter stage of the flight. Our observations showed that yaw turns are executed via drastic rather than subtle changes in the kinematics of all four wings. The motion of the inner and outer wings were found to be strongly linked through their orientation as well as their velocities with the inner wings moving faster than the outer wings. By controlling the pitch angle and wing velocity, a damselfly adjusts the angle of attack. The wing angle of attack exerted the strongest influence on the yaw torque, followed by the flapping and deviation velocities of the wings. Moreover, no evidence of active generation of counter torque was found in the flight data implying that deceleration and stopping of the maneuver is dominated by passive damping. The systematic analysis carried out on the free flight data advances our understanding of the mechanisms by which these insects achieve their observed maneuverability. In addition, the inspiration drawn from this study can be employed in the design of low frequency flapping wing micro air vehicles (MAV’s).     

Analysis on surface nanostructures present in hindwing of dragon fly (Sympetrum vulgatum) using atomic force microscopy

The present study involves the analysis of surface nanostructures and its variation present in the hind wing of dragon fly (Sympetrum vulgatum) using atomic force microscopy (AFM). The hindwing was dissected into 4 parts (D1-D4) and each dissected section was analyzed using AFM in tapping mode at different locations. The AFM analysis revealed the presence of irregular shaped nanostructures on the surface of the wing membrane with size varying between 83.25±1.79 nm to 195.08±10.25 nm. The size and shape of the nanostructure varied from tip (pterostigma) to the costa part. The membrane surface of the wing showed stacked arrangement leading to increase in size of the nanostructure. Such arrangement of the nanostructures has lead to the formation of nanometer sized valleys of different depth and length on the membrane surface giving them ripple wave morphology. The average roughness of the surface nanostructures varied from 18.58±3.12 nm to 24.25±8.33 nm. Surfaces of the wings had positive skewness in D1, D2 and D4 regions and negative skewness in D3 region. These surface nanostructures may contribute asymmetric resistance under mechanical loading during the flight by increasing the bending and torsional resistance of the wing.