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Measuring the Behavioral Effects of Intraocular Scatter
Published on: February 18, 2021
Geometry of illumination, luminance contrast, and gloss perception
Frédéric B Leloup1, Michael R Pointer, Philip Dutré
1Light and Lighting Laboratory, Catholic University College Sint-Lieven,Gebroeders Desmetstraat 1, B-9000 Gent, Belgium. frederic.leloup@kahosl.be
Abstract:
The influence of both the geometry of illumination and luminance contrast on gloss perception has been examined using the method of paired comparison. Six achromatic glass samples having different lightness were illuminated by two light sources. Only one of these light sources was visible in reflection by the observer. By separate adjustment of the intensity of both light sources, the luminance of both the reflected image and the adjacent off-specular surroundings could be individually varied. It was found that visual gloss appraisal did not correlate with instrumentally measured specular gloss; however, psychometric contrast seemed to be a much better correlate. It has become clear that not only the sample surface characteristics determine gloss perception: the illumination geometry could be an even more important factor.
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