Open AccessHardware Digital Color Enhancement for Color Vision Deficiencies
Author(s) -
Chen YuChieh,
Liao TaiShan
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
etri journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.295
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 2233-7326
pISSN - 1225-6463
DOI - 10.4218/etrij.11.1510.0009
Subject(s) - computer vision , brightness , artificial intelligence , hue , computer science , color space , computer graphics (images) , image (mathematics) , optics , physics
Up to 10% of the global population suffers from color vision deficiency (CVD) [1], especially deuteranomaly and protanomaly, the conditions in which it is difficult to discriminate between red and green hues. 1) For those who suffer from CVD, their career fields are restricted, and their childhood education is frustrating. There are many optical eye glasses on the market to compensate for this disability. However, although they are attractive due to their light weight, wearing these glasses will decrease visual brightness and cause problems at night. Therefore, this paper presents a supplementary device that comprises a head‐mounted display and an image sensor. With the aid of the image processing technique of digital color space adjustment implemented in a high‐speed field‐programmable gate array device, the users can enjoy enhanced vision through the display without any decrease in brightness.