Title
A model of visual masking for computer graphics
Abstract
In this paper we develop a computational model of visual masking based on psychophysical data. The model predicts howthepresenceofonevisualpatternaectsthedetectabil- ity of another. The model allows us to choose texture pat- terns for computer graphics images that hide the eects of faceting, banding, aliasing, noise and other visual artifacts produced by sources of error in graphics algorithms. We demonstrate the utility of the model by choosing a texture pattern to mask faceting artifacts caused by polygonal tes- selation of aflat-shaded curved surface. The model predicts how changes in the contrast, spatial frequency, and orien- tation of the texture pattern, or changes in the tesselation of the surface will alter the masking eect. The model is general and has uses in geometric modeling, realistic image synthesis, scientic visualization, image compression, and image-based rendering.
Year
DOI
Venue
1997
10.1145/258734.258818
SIGGRAPH
Keywords
Field
DocType
visual masking,masking,error metrics,visual perception,image quality,computer graphics,spatial frequency,computer graphic,image based rendering,image compression,geometric model,computer model
Graphics,Visual artifact,Computer vision,Computer graphics (images),Computer science,Human visual system model,Artificial intelligence,Rendering (computer graphics),Image-based modeling and rendering,Scientific visualization,Computer graphics,Visual masking
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
0-89791-896-7
114
9.94
References 
Authors
7
4
Search Limit
100114
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
James A. Ferwerda11854204.39
Peter Shirley24732426.39
Sumanta Pattanaik362547.92
Donald P. Greenberg448841568.57