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The perception of lightness in 3-D curved objects

L Pessoa1, E Mingolla, L E Arend

  • 1Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. pessoa@cos.ufrj.br

Perception & Psychophysics
|November 1, 1996
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Human vision achieves lightness constancy by accounting for changing illumination, especially with rich visual context. Curved 3-D objects improve lightness perception compared to flat shapes under varying light conditions.

Area of Science:

  • Visual perception
  • Color science
  • Computational neuroscience

Background:

  • Lightness constancy is crucial for visual perception, enabling stable object appearance under varying illumination.
  • The visual system must interpret surface reflectance independent of incident light.
  • Complex scenes present challenges to lightness constancy due to non-uniform illumination.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how object curvature, illumination direction, and shape influence lightness perception.
  • To determine if the perception of 3-D surface and illuminant layout aids in calibrating lightness judgments.
  • To assess the role of local gray-level context in achieving lightness constancy.

Main Methods:

  • Three experiments using three-dimensional (3-D) curved objects and flat shapes.

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  • Manipulation of object curvature, illumination direction, and object shape.
  • Analysis of lightness perception and matching under controlled lighting conditions.

    • Main Results:

    • Lightness constancy was effective when rich local gray-level context was present.
    • Deviations in lightness perception occurred when both illumination and reflectance varied across the object surface.
    • A small but consistent improvement in lightness matching was observed for ellipsoid shapes compared to flat rectangles under similar image gradients.

    Conclusions:

    • The visual system accounts for illumination changes across 3-D forms, contributing to lightness perception.
    • Perceiving the 3-D surface and illuminant layout appears to calibrate lightness judgments.
    • Object shape and the richness of the visual context significantly impact the effectiveness of lightness constancy.