Visual search and natural color distributions

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3299, Issue , 1998, Pages 498-509

  Webster, Michael A ^a   Raker, Vincent E ^a   Malkoc, Gokhan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Color; Contrast adaptation; Natural images; Visual search

Indexed keywords

COLOR VISION; HUMAN REACTION TIME;

CIRCULAR TARGET; COLOR DISTRIBUTION; CONTRAST ADAPTATION; NATURAL COLORS; NATURAL IMAGES; OUTDOOR SCENES; SPECTRORADIOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; VISUAL SEARCH;

COLOR;

EID: 85076766549     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.320142     Document Type: Conference Paper

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