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Occlusion edge blur: a cue to relative visual depth.

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Marshall, JA; Burbeck, CA; Ariely, D; Rolland, JP; Martin, KE
Published in: Journal of the Optical Society of America. A, Optics, image science, and vision
April 1996

We studied whether the blur/sharpness of an occlusion boundary between a sharply focused surface and a blurred surface is used as a relative depth cue. Observers judged relative depth in pairs of images that differed only in the blurriness of the common boundary between two adjoining texture regions, one blurred and one sharply focused. Two experiments were conducted; in both, observers consistently used the blur of the boundary as a cue to relative depth. However, the strength of the cue, relative to other cues, varied across observers. The occlusion edge blur cue can resolve the near/far ambiguity inherent in depth-from-focus computations.

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Journal of the Optical Society of America. A, Optics, image science, and vision

DOI

EISSN

1520-8532

ISSN

1084-7529

Publication Date

April 1996

Volume

13

Issue

4

Start / End Page

681 / 688

Related Subject Headings

  • Vision, Ocular
  • Refractive Errors
  • Optics
  • Humans
  • Depth Perception
  • 4009 Electronics, sensors and digital hardware
  • 4006 Communications engineering
  • 1113 Opthalmology and Optometry
  • 0906 Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • 0205 Optical Physics
 

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Marshall, J. A., Burbeck, C. A., Ariely, D., Rolland, J. P., & Martin, K. E. (1996). Occlusion edge blur: a cue to relative visual depth. Journal of the Optical Society of America. A, Optics, Image Science, and Vision, 13(4), 681–688. https://doi.org/10.1364/josaa.13.000681
Marshall, J. A., C. A. Burbeck, D. Ariely, J. P. Rolland, and K. E. Martin. “Occlusion edge blur: a cue to relative visual depth.Journal of the Optical Society of America. A, Optics, Image Science, and Vision 13, no. 4 (April 1996): 681–88. https://doi.org/10.1364/josaa.13.000681.
Marshall JA, Burbeck CA, Ariely D, Rolland JP, Martin KE. Occlusion edge blur: a cue to relative visual depth. Journal of the Optical Society of America A, Optics, image science, and vision. 1996 Apr;13(4):681–8.
Marshall, J. A., et al. “Occlusion edge blur: a cue to relative visual depth.Journal of the Optical Society of America. A, Optics, Image Science, and Vision, vol. 13, no. 4, Apr. 1996, pp. 681–88. Epmc, doi:10.1364/josaa.13.000681.
Marshall JA, Burbeck CA, Ariely D, Rolland JP, Martin KE. Occlusion edge blur: a cue to relative visual depth. Journal of the Optical Society of America A, Optics, image science, and vision. 1996 Apr;13(4):681–688.
Journal cover image

Published In

Journal of the Optical Society of America. A, Optics, image science, and vision

DOI

EISSN

1520-8532

ISSN

1084-7529

Publication Date

April 1996

Volume

13

Issue

4

Start / End Page

681 / 688

Related Subject Headings

  • Vision, Ocular
  • Refractive Errors
  • Optics
  • Humans
  • Depth Perception
  • 4009 Electronics, sensors and digital hardware
  • 4006 Communications engineering
  • 1113 Opthalmology and Optometry
  • 0906 Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • 0205 Optical Physics