Kansei Imaging: first steps

© Kansei Imaging: first steps Boris Oicherman, Carl Staelin HP Laboratories HPL-2009-12 affective imaging, color emotion, image emotion, image enhancement, image processing, image manipulation Kansei engineering (also called affective engineering) studies and develops methods of translating and embedding perceptual and emotional qualities into the product design features. We adopt this principle and apply it to imaging: we propose a new concept, "Kansei Imaging", which refers to development of algorithms aimed at modifying an existing image so as to reach a set of pre-defined emotional qualities. We sketch the elements required for building a Kansei imaging system, review the available related literature and, as a demonstration of the concept, we present initial results of editing image colours in the colour emotion domain. Finally, we argue that generating emotionally satisfying images is the ultimate goal of consumer imaging, and that the Kansei imaging framework can provide a set of tools to help achieve that goal. External Posting Date: February 6, 2009 [Fulltext] Approved for External Publication Internal Posting Date: February 6, 2009 [Fulltext] Submitted to SIGGRAPH'09 Copyright 2009 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. 1 Kansei Imaging: first steps Boris Oicherman, Carl Staelin