A multi-domain approach for enhancing text display for users with visual aberrations

ABSTRACT

In this paper, we describe a multi-domain approach for enhancing text displayed on a computer screen for users with visual aberrations. This research is based on a priori knowledge of the user's visual aberration, as measured by a wavefront analyzer. With this information it is possible to generate text that, when displayed to this user, will counteract his/her visual aberration. The method described in this paper advances the development of techniques for providing such compensation by integrating spatial information in the image as a means to eliminate some of the shortcomings inherent in using display devices such as monitors or LCD panels.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  I. Computing Methodologies
  I.4 IMAGE PROCESSING AND COMPUTER VISION
      I.4.3 Enhancement

General Terms:
Algorithms, Design, Experimentation, Human Factors, Measurement, Performance, Theory, Verification

Keywords:
deconvolution, pre-compensation visual aberration, spatial processing, wavefront aberration function, wavefront analysis