Measuring perceived color difference using YIQ NTSC transmission color space in mobile applications

Authors

  • Yuriy Kotsarenko TECNOLOGICO DE DE MONTERREY, CAMPUS CUERNAVACA.
  • Fernando Ramos-Quintana TECNOLOGICO DE DE MONTERREY, CAMPUS CUERNAVACA.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30973/progmat/2010.2.2/3

Keywords:

Color difference, color metric, YIQ, Perceptual uniformity, Color space

Abstract

An alternative color difference formulas are presented for measuring the perceived difference between two color samples defined in YIQ color space. The classical color difference formulas such as CIELAB, CIELUV and their derivatives require many arithmetic transformations of the input values commonly given using red, green and blue components, making these formulas cumbersome to implement on mobile devices. The alternative formulas based on YIQ color space presented in this work are lightweight and can be quickly calculated, even in real-time. The comparison is made between the newly introduced formulas and the classical ones using two different sets of experiments. The first set of experiments is focused on evaluating the perceived difference of colors using different formulas for picking colors. The second set of experiments allows benchmarking of the color difference formulas to evaluate their performance when processing images. The experimental results show that the newly introduced formulas are close in perceived terms to CIELAB and CIELUV but are significantly faster, making them good candidates for measuring color difference on mobile devices and applications even in real-time.

Author Biographies

Yuriy Kotsarenko, TECNOLOGICO DE DE MONTERREY, CAMPUS CUERNAVACA.

Se graduó como Ingeniero en Sistemas Computacionales en el ITESM, Campus Cuernavaca en Diciembre del 2004. Ahí mismo se graduó como Maestro en Ciencias Computacionales en el Diciembre del 2006 con la tesis “Perceptual Color Similarity Measurement”. Actualmente es alumno de posgrado, candidato a graduación como Doctor en Ciencias Computacionales en la misma institución. Su tesis doctoral esta asesorado por el Dr. Fernando Ramos Quintana. Su especialización incluye gráficos computacionales, visión computacional y óptica. También es experto en el desarrollo de software corriendo su propia empresa de desarrollo de software y video juegos.

Fernando Ramos-Quintana, TECNOLOGICO DE DE MONTERREY, CAMPUS CUERNAVACA.

Director del Programa de Graduados en Informática y Computación del ITESM, Campus Cuernavaca. Su especialización incluye optimización combinatoria, comunicaciones inalámbricas, robótica cooperativa y bioinformática. Dirige múltiples proyectos de investigación, incluyendo investigación de modelos computacionales formales para la regulación genética, bioremediación de suelos, aguas y cultivos contaminados con plaguicidas utilizando la enzima esterasa de la garrapata Boophilus el Microplus en la levadura Kluyveromyces Lactis, robótica médica entre otros

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2010-12-30

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Kotsarenko, Y., & Ramos-Quintana, F. (2010). Measuring perceived color difference using YIQ NTSC transmission color space in mobile applications. Programación Matemática Y Software, 2(2), 27–43. https://doi.org/10.30973/progmat/2010.2.2/3

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Vol. 2 No. 2 (2010): Decembee, 2010

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