{"id":19774,"date":"2025-01-31T11:05:36","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T10:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fondation-grenoble-inp.fr\/?post_type=projet&p=19774"},"modified":"2025-02-04T12:30:07","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T11:30:07","slug":"experience-de-perception-sur-des-images-infrarouges-colorisees","status":"publish","type":"projet","link":"https:\/\/fondation-grenoble-inp.fr\/en\/projet\/experience-de-perception-sur-des-images-infrarouges-colorisees\/","title":{"rendered":"Perception experiment on coloured infrared images"},"content":{"rendered":"

Problematic :<\/strong> Does colour have an impact on the perception of infrared images?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colourisation is an optional step in infrared image processing. This false colourisation transforms a greyscale image into a colourised image with a palette of 256 colours called a colormap. The different colormaps presented in this post have been developed with several objectives in mind: improving visual comfort, highlighting the hottest objects, improving contrast in dark areas, etc.
Do these colormaps really have an impact on human perception? Do they make them easier to interpret?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Experiment 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To answer this question, we devised a perception experiment. The experiment takes place in a room where the ambient light and screen brightness are controlled. The participant is presented one by one with 150 pairs of infrared images. Each pair consists of the same image coloured in two different ways (i.e. coloured with two different colormaps). For each pair, participants were asked to choose the image they felt was most interpretable. A total of 92 people, including 53 experts, took part in the experiment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The interface presented to the participant is as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Figure 1: Interface presented to the participant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Points are awarded for each colormap depending on the candidate's answer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n