The Interaction of Binocular Parallax in the Computation
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چکیده
Depth from binocular disparity and motion parallax has traditionally been assumed to be the product of separate and independent processes. We report two experiments which used classical psychophysical paradigms to test this assumption. The first tested whether there was an elevation in the thresholds for detecting the 3D structure of corrugated surfaces defined by either binocular disparity or motion parallax following prolonged viewing (adaptation) of supra-threshold surfaces defined by either the same or a different cue (threshold elevation). The second experiment tested whether the depth detection thresholds for a compound stimulus, containing both binocular disparity and motion parallax, were lower than the thresholds determined for each of the components separately (sub-threshold summation). Experiment 1 showed a substantial amount of withinand between-cue threshold elevation and experiment 2 revealed the presence of subthreshold summation. Together, these results support the view that the combination of binocular disparity and motion parallax information is not limited to a linear, weighted addition of their individual depth estimates but that the cues can interact non-linearly in the computation of depth. Copyright @ 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd.
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