Analysis of the Difference between the Normal Vision and the Experiencing Cataract Vision on Binocular Color Fusion Limit

The optical instruments design for binocular vision has become an earnest demand towards the arrival of an ageing society. It is necessary to measure how color difference between left and right images by elderly people, which the color rivalry occurs. In this study, we measured the limit of binocular color fusion in the normal vision and the cataract experiencing vision which is aiming to simulate the elderly vision. The result shows that the color fusion limit curve in cataract experiencing vision are very similar with those in normal vision. Compared with the binocular color fusion limit in normal vision Δλdn, the binocular color fusion limit in cataract experiencing vision Δλdc is approximately 3~39nm increased on the central vision, 4~22nm on the retinal eccentricity of 3°, 5~23nm on the retinal eccentricity of 6°, and 5~24nm on the retinal eccentricity of 9°. The results also reveal that a similar limit is observed in the range of 520~560nm in both normal and cataract experiencing visions, which might give some potential evidences for designing 3D equipment. In addition, the minimum value of the binocular color fusion limit exists at 590nm either in the normal vision or the cataract experiencing vision during all retinal eccentricities.