Display Characterization

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This article describes the characterization and use of computer‐controlled displays. Most imaging devices are now computer controlled, and this makes it possible for the computer to take into account the properties of the imaging device to achieve the intended image. CRT (cathode ray tube) monitors is emphasizes the article begins with the standard model of CRT imaging. How this model may be used to render the desired visual image accurately from its numerical representation is shown. The domain of validity of the standard CRT model is discussed. The model makes several assumptions about monitor performance that are usually valid but can fail for certain images and CRTs. How to detect such failures and how to cope with them are explained.Primarily users who will be doing accurate imaging on a CRT are addressed. CRTs are very well suited for accurate rendering. Treatment of LCDs (liquid crystal displays) is brief, in part because this technology is changing very rapidly and in part because the strong dependence of emitted light on viewing angle in current LCD displays is a great obstacle to accurate rendering. Plasma displays seem more promising in this regard.All the steps of a basic characterization are presented. The treatment emphasizes accuracy both in color and in space. The display characteristics that need to be taken into account to present an arbitrary spatiotemporal image accurately, that is, luminance and chromaticity as a function of space and time are reviewed. A number of topics of interest to the vision scientist who requires precise control of a displayed stimulus are treated.This article explains the standard CRT model (and necessary basic colorimetry) and describes simple visual tests (available online) that establish the model's validity for a monitor. How to use the standard model to characterize your display for accurate rendering is shown. Finally, the discussion briefly presents several more advanced topics, including characterization of non‐CRT displays.

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