Color is a vivid factor among map visual variables. Map color has information value and aesthetic value. Because of the complexity of color design, color using becomes one of the most interesting and challenging aspects of cartography. In thematic map designing, basic tone of color is firstly taken into account, which is the essence attribute of color. This study is mainly about the design of b...

The paper introduces a new color filter array (CFA) interpolation method for digital still cameras. The proposed interpolation scheme is able to (i) overcome the hardware limitations of existing CFA based image acquisition solutions, and (ii) restore color images with excellent visual quality. The scheme employs an adaptive edge-sensing mechanism which operates along the vertical, horizontal an...

The selection of color space is one of the determinants of quantifying the visibility of the defects like scratches, spots, edge defects etc in glass sheets. We propose an evaluation system that assigns each color space a corresponding level according to the extent of visibility of the defect that objectively agrees with human visual perception. By “objective,” we mean that the evaluation corre...

1. Challenges to the Universals and Evolution theory of basic color term naming A theory of basic color term meanings based on the observation of semantic universals and evolutionary regularity in the naming of colors across languages was proposed by Berlin and Kay (1969). This model has undergone numerous revisions. I will refer to the various versions collectively as the UE model. A constant ...

Image resampling method using color edge-directed interpolation has been developed. It uses color image gradient to perform the interpolation across image gradient rather than along image gradient. The developed combined method takes color low resolution image and grayscale high resolution image obtained by a non-linear image resampling method as an input. It includes consecutive calculation st...

Empirical research on the influence of language on cognition often focuses on the domain of color categorization. With a global increase in bilingualism, investigating how semantic information is cognitively processed by speakers of two languages is especially important. For example, it remains uncertain whether a bilingual’s sensory representation of color appearance similarity is affected by ...