Visual Perception: Theory and Practice (eBook)

Pergamon International Library of Science, Technology, Engineering and Social Studies

Terry Caelli (Autor)

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2014 | 1. Auflage
208 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-1-4831-8914-7 (ISBN)

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Visual Perception: Theory and Practice focuses on the theory and practice of visual perception, with emphasis on technologies used in vision research and in visual information processing. Central areas of vision research including spatial vision, motion perception, and color are discussed. Light and optics, convolutions and Fourier methods, and network theory and systems are also examined. Comprised of nine chapters, this book begins with an overview of language and processes underlying specific areas of vision such as measures of neural activity, feature specificity, and individual cells and psychophysics. The reader is then systematically introduced to the more essential properties of light and optics relevant to visual perception; the use of convolutions, Fourier series, and Fourier transform to model processes in visual perception; and network theory and systems. Subsequent chapters deal with the geometry of visual perception; spatial vision; the perception of motion; and some specific issues in visual perception, including color perception, binocular vision, and steriopsis. This monograph is intended for students, practitioners, and investigators in physiology.

Inhalt

Front Cover 1
Visual Perception: Theory and Practice 4
Copyright Page 5
Table of Contents 10
Dedication 6
Preface 8
Acknowledgements 9
CHAPTER 1. Introduction: Languages, Processes, and Perception 12
REFERENCES 16
PART I: Technology Relevant to Visual Perception 18
CHAPTER 2. Light and Introductory Optics 20
2.1. ON THE NATURE OF LIGHT 20
2.2. COMMON LIGHT SOURCES IN VISION RESEARCH 28
2.3. INTRODUCTORY OPTICS 32
2.4. SOME OPTICAL SYSTEMS 41
2.5. CONCLUSIONS 44
REFERENCES 45
CHAPTER 3. Convolutions and Fourier Methods 46
3.1. INTRODUCTION 46
3.2. FOURIER SERIES AND FOURIER TRANSFORM 46
3.3 THE DISCRETE FOURIER TRANSFORM 55
3.4. LINEAR SYSTEMS, MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTIONS, AND FILTERING 57
3.5. DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING AND THE FOURIER TRANSFORM 59
3.6. CONVOLUTIONS, AUTOCORRELATIONS, AND OTHER TRANSFORMS 61
3.7. FOURIER TRANSFORM ROUTINES 66
3.8. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 67
REFERENCES 67
CHAPTER 4. Network Theory and Systems 68
4.1. INTRODUCTION TO NETWORKS 68
4.2. NETWORKS IN VISION 71
4.3. STATISTICAL AND PROBABILITY ANALYSES OF SYSTEMS 78
4.4 SUMMARY 81
REFERENCES 81
CHAPTER 5. Introduction to Geometric Structures 82
5.1. INTRODUCTION 82
5.2. PROJECTIVE AND AFFINE GEOMETRIES 84
5.3. VECTOR ANALYSIS AND METRICS 92
5.4. SOME PROPERTIES OF CURVES 94
5.5. PROPERTIES OF SURFACES 98
5.6. TRANSFORMATIONS OF CURVES AND SURFACES 104
5.7. SPECIAL TOPICS 108
5.8. CONCLUSIONS 111
REFERENCES 111
PART II: Applications and Current Approaches to Visual Perception 112
CHAPTER 6. Spatial Vision 114
6.1 INTRODUCTION 114
6.2. CONTRAST AND INTENSITY PERCEPTION 114
6.3. TEXTURE PERCEPTION 126
6.4. CONTOURS AND ILLUSIONS (MECHANISMS) 136
6.5. SPATIAL EQUIVALENCES AND PERCEPTUAL INVARIANTS 148
REFERENCES 155
CHAPTER 7. The Perception of Motion 158
7.1. INTRODUCTION 158
7.2. PSYCHOPHYSICS OF REAL MOTION PERCEPTION—RELATIVISTIC PERSPECTIVE 159
7.3. TRANSFORMATIONS AND ANALYSIS IN MOTION PERCEPTION—DEPTH EFFECTS 168
7.4. APPARENT MOTION 174
7.5. CONCLUSIONS 180
REFERENCES 180
CHAPTER 8. Specific Issues in Vision 183
8.1. COLOUR VISION 183
8.2. STEREOPSIS 197
8.3. CONCLUSION 199
REFERENCES 200
CHAPTER 9. Conclusion 201
REFERENCES 202
Index 204

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 9.5.2014
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Biopsychologie / Neurowissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Bauwesen
• ISBN-10: 1-4831-8914-7 / 1483189147
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4831-8914-7 / 9781483189147