Invariant Optical Recognition of Color Range Patterns Using Image Encoding

Correlation methods for recognition of polychromatic range images are presented. First, polychromatic range images are described. The correlation can be performed using either a single channel compressing both the range and the color images or a multichannel approach. The advantages of both methods are discussed. Translation invariant recognition along the x, y, and z axis is obtained. In the single channel approach, the range and the hue are combined using phase and amplitude coding. Then the double-channel approach is considered using sine-coding for the input image and phase-coding for the reference image. Finally, both channels are combined in order to improve the discrimination capability of the system. Optical implementation is performed.     

基于中国颜色体系的色差公式分析

CIE均匀颜色空间及利用色差公式对色差进行计算对彩色复制品的评价具有很关键的作用。利用中国颜色体系在视觉上为等色差系统以及色调、彩度和明度可以单独改变的特性,分别从色调、彩度、明度三方面对CIEL*a*b*、CMC(l:c)、CIE94、CIEDE2000色差公式进行了比较分析。结果表明:用各色差公式计算出的平均色差值是不同的,它们的均匀性也不同。需要针对不同的明度、彩度、色调选择使用不同的色差公式。     

Limit of the Surface-Color Mode Perception under Non-Uniform Illuminations

A series of experiments were conducted to find the effects of non-uniform illumination on the surface-color mode perception. Two patterns of the illumination, one-sided illumination and a spotlight, were simulated. Observers adjusted the luminance of the test stimulus so that it just started to appear partially as an aperture-color mode. We found that the upper-limit luminance was significantly lower for all test colors when the directions of the gradient between the test stimulus and the surrounds did not match. On the other hand, in the spotlight conditions the upper-limit luminances changed only when it was contained in the spotlighted area. Our results suggest that the brightest stimulus in the scene does not work as a cue, and that the visual system takes the influence of illumination into account in order to set a criterion for the judgment for the color appearance of the mode.     

沙子里的图案

文章从物理学家的角度探讨颗粒体系中有序图案的产生和机理,探寻对广泛存在于自然界的非平衡态体系有序结构生成的理解.非平衡态体系的随机扩散与能量耗散的特性是有序结构生成的必备条件,所生成的图形则由这两个因素的权重比值和体系内部的对称性决定.具备以上因素,还需加上最后的一个决定性的关键因素,这就是熵的驱动.熵最大的态决定了体系是有序还是无序的排列.     

基于均匀颜色知觉空间的多光谱图像彩色合成

本文在分析现有多光谱图像彩色合成方法的基础上，提出了基于均匀颜色知觉空间的ＨＬＣ合成法，讨论了单谱段图像映射、分量图像合成、色域变换以及合成图像的色差预测和评估、彩色变换和逆变换，分析了影响合成图像视觉效果的因素。应用于伪装目标的识别获得了比ＲＧＢ、ＹＭＣ、ＩＨＳ等合成法更好的效果     

三刺激值Y对计算机演示色品图的影响

在计算机演示色品图时，需人为设定代表亮度的三刺激值Ｙ，而Ｙ值的大小对显示器的色域及色品图的演示效果有很大影响。在导出含参量Ｙ的色域方程的基础上，建立了用以设定色品图内各点亮度的二维分布函数     

On the Possibility of Testing the Weak Equivalence Principle with Artificial Earth Satellites

In this paper we examine the possibility of testing the equivalence principle, in its weak form, by analyzing the orbital motion of a pair of artificial satellites of different composition moving along orbits of identical shape and size in the gravitational field of the Earth. It turns out that the obtainable level of accuracy is, realistically, of the order of 10^–10 or slightly better. It is limited mainly by the fact that, due to the unavoidable orbital injection errors, it would not be possible to insert the satellites in orbits with exactly the same radius and that such difference could be known only with a finite precision. The present–day level of accuracy, obtained with torsion balance Earth–based measurements and the analysis of the Earth–Moon motion in the gravitational field of the Sun with the Lunar Laser Ranging technique, is of the order of 10^–13. The proposed space–based missions STEP, SCOPE, GG and SEE aim to reach a 10^–15–10^–18 precision level.     

Investigation and optimization of the covering power and coloristic properties of paint coatings of complex composition

A method for finding the optimum sizes of pigment particles, their volume concentration, and the paint coating thickness that provide the covering power and the required coloristic characteristics of reflected light for the minimum flow rate of pigments is based on using a four-flow approximation of the solution to the equation of radiation transfer in dispersion media and is extended to coatings of complex composition. The capabilities of the method are demonstrated by examples of coatings of mixtures of hematite and rutile particles in a binder with n=1.5 for variations of the modal size and the half-width of the size distribution of the pigment particles. B. I. Stepanov Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 70, F. Skorina Ave., Minsk, 220072, Belarus. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 64, No. 1, pp. 90–96, January–February, 1997.     

Classification of Forest Areas by Spectrozonal Images Obtained from Onboard a Helicopter

A technique of surveying forest territories from on board the VSC-2 helicopter using a videospectral complex for forest monitoring is described. The results of processing the obtained spectrozonal images with separation of the areas occupied by different species and withering spruce trees are presented.     

Effect of Space Recognition on the Apparent Lightness of Gray Patches Demonstrated on Printed Patterns

The retinal image of the outside world is two dimensional and the brain automatically transfers the 2D image to 3D space in order that a human can recognize the world correctly. A printed black and white picture of a grating or a cube was presented to subjects through a viewing box to exclude other objects than the pattern so that the brain was provided with only the information about the pattern and recognized a 3D space for the pattern efficiently. Once a space recognition was achieved there was constructed a recognized visual space of illumination (RVSI) which controlled the apparent lightness of gray patches drawn in the picture. In the grating experiment the apparent lightness of a gray stimulus drawn as if it were located on this side of the white stripes, was shown to become lower than that of a gray reference stimulus drawn behind the white stripes with black background when both stimuli had the same lightness. Similarly, in the cube experiment the apparent lightness of a gray stimulus drawn way behind the white cube was shown to become lower than that of a gray reference stimulus drawn over black stripes that lay on the cube. The amount of these space recognition effects on apparent lightness was about 0.5 in Munsell Value when measured by brightness matching between the test and the reference stimulus.     

Brightness Perception of Light Source Colors in Dense Fog

The characteristics of our color vision are affected by various visual environments. In this experiment, we examined how colored lights look in dense fog. We used 12 kinds of colored light as a test stimulus. At first, in the absence of fog, subjects matched brightness of all the test stimuli with a reference white light adjusted to 0.1 cd/m² or 0.5 cd/m² in luminance, respectively. They then evaluated the apparent brightness of the test stimuli in dense fog with magnitude estimation of 10 grades. In the presence of fog, test stimuli containing a yellow component were given the highest point value of brightness, while test stimuli containing a blue component were given the lowest point value of brightness in fog. We are confident that in a visual environment involving fog, these results will be extremely helpful and practical.     

Exact Renormalization Group for the Brazovskii Model of Striped Patterns

We consider the coarse graining of the generalized Brazovskii free energy functional for striped patterns. The technique developed by Shankar for the Fermi liquids is combined with the irreducible version of the exact renormalization group to calculate the recursion relations for interaction vertices. We perform the one-loop calculations from this method taking the eight-point vertex into account.     

数值孔径与数字剪切散斑干涉条纹亮度的关系

分析了数字剪切散斑干涉条纹图的形成理论，并获得了条纹亮度与摄象机数值孔径等参数的精确关系式，从理论分析和实验验证均得出在采用小的摄象机数值孔径和３ｍＷ Ｈｅ－Ｎｅ激光器的情况下，仍可获得比较满意的数字剪切散斑干涉条纹图，理论工作及其结论对于进行数字剪切散斑干涉实验的最佳参数选择具有指导作用。     

Recent Theoretical Developments on the Formation of Liesegang Patterns

When an electrolyte A diffuses into a gel containing another electrolyte B, the eventual formation of a rhythmic pattern of precipitate by the moving chemical reaction front is known as the Liesegang phenomenon. Although the Liesegang phenomenon has been studied for a century, the mechanisms responsible for these structures are still under discussion. However, recently, important theoretical progresses have been made towards a theoretical understanding of this phenomena. A critical analysis of the present state of the art as well as a discussion of some open problems is presented.     

Patterns at the onset of electroconvection in freely suspended smectic films

We report the results of experiments on electrically driven convection that occurs in a thin, freely suspended film of smectic A liquid crystal when an electric field is applied in the plane of the film. Convection in a vortex pattern is found above a well-defined critical voltage. The film behaves as a two-dimensional isotropic liquid: neither its thickness nor the director field are modified by the flow. We present measurements of the critical voltage at the onset of convection in two experimental configurations—one which allows the injection of charges into the film from the electrodes, and one which does not. When injection is present, the critical voltage for the onset of flow increases monotonically with increasing frequency of applied field. With no injection, there is no instability at DC and the critical voltage diverges there. The nature of the flow pattern observed at onset changes with frequency. Below a certain frequency the film flows in vortices that extend over the width of the film; above this frequency the flow is confined to two lines of smaller vortices localized along the electrodes. We present a simple discussion of the mechanisms which drive the convection.     

单轴晶光轴干涉图成因的理论分析

借助于数学工具和一种简单的实验装置,用直观的方法,使理论分析和图形相结合,从理论上解释了单轴晶光轴干涉图的成因,并给出了在白光照射下的干涉花样。搭建了实验光路,结果表明:若用单色光照射,干涉图为明暗相间圆环;若用白光照射,则为一个套一个的环状等色曲线。愈向视域边缘,干涉色级数愈高,等色曲线的数目愈多,密度愈大,表示晶体的双折射率愈大。实验结果与理论分析相吻合。     

Learning to Recognize Patterns: Changes in the Visual Field with Familiarity

Two studies were conducted to investigate changes which take place in the visual information processing of novel stimuli as they become familiar. Japanese writing characters (Hiragana and Kanji) which were unfamiliar to two native English speaking subjects were presented using a moving window technique to restrict their visual fields. Study time for visual recognition was recorded across repeated sessions, and with varying visual field restrictions. The critical visual field was defined as the size of the visual field beyond which further increases did not improve the speed of recognition performance. In the first study, when the Hiragana patterns were novel, subjects needed to see about half of the entire pattern simultaneously to maintain optimal performance. However, the critical visual field size decreased as familiarity with the patterns increased. These results were replicated in the second study with more complex Kanji characters. In addition, the critical field size decreased as pattern complexity decreased. We propose a three component model of pattern perception. In the first stage a representation of the stimulus must be constructed by the subject, and restricting of the visual field interferes dramatically with this component when stimuli are unfamiliar. With increased familiarity, subjects become able to reconstruct a previous representation from very small, unique segments of the pattern, analogous to the informativeness areas hypothesized by Loftus and Mackworth [J. Exp. Psychol., 4 (1978) 565].Inquiries or requests for reprints may be directed to any of the authors. Authors’ current addresses are: James M. Bebko, Department of Psychology, York University, 4700 Keele Street, North York, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3; Keiji Uchikawa, Imaging Science and Engineering Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226 Japan; Shinya Saida, Biosignaling Department, National Institute of Bioscience and Human-Technology, 1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305 Japan; Mitsuo Ikeda, Department of Architecture, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606 Japan.This research was conducted while the first author was supported by a Government of Japan Monbusho Research Fellowship at Tokyo Institute of Technology.