Title :
A skillet-based recoloring algorithm for dichromats
Author :
Ribeiro, Madalena G. ; Gomes, Abel J. P.
Author_Institution :
Inst. de Telecomun., Univ. da Beira Interior, Covilha, Portugal
Abstract :
The color is a valuable communication resource, not just as part of the message itself, but also as a way of discriminating between the diverse contents of a given message. However, not all people have the ability to distinguish the color in a normal way. About 5% of the world population (8% of men) has a visual impairment, called color vision deficiency (CVD) or, simply, colorblindness. This vision deficiency also has a negative impact in both virtual and real worlds, because it compromises the correct interpretation of the contents across different media and environments. This issue is critical because of the increasing availability of multimedia contents in many places, particularly over the web. This article proposes a novel algorithm to adjust the colors for dichromate people (deuteranopes and protanopes), in particular for still images found over the web via browsers that take advantage of HTML5 markup language for graphics.
Keywords :
colour vision; eye; hypermedia markup languages; image colour analysis; medical image processing; online front-ends; vision defects; HTML5 markup language; Web browsers; color vision deficiency; colorblindness; communication resource; dichromate people; dichromats; euteranopes; graphics; multimedia contents; protanopes; skillet-based recoloring algorithm; visual impairment; Algorithm design and analysis; Brightness; Color; Conferences; Green products; Image color analysis; Visualization; CVD people; Color blindness; dichromacy; recoloring algorithmss;
Conference_Titel :
e-Health Networking, Applications & Services (Healthcom), 2013 IEEE 15th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Lisbon
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5800-2
DOI :
10.1109/HealthCom.2013.6720766