This is an open source code of the “Chromatic Vision Simulator" Android version 3.0.
- "Chromatic Vision Simulator" is an experience tool which simulates color vision of color vision deficiencies.
- This software makes and shows you a simulated image from built-in camera or image file in real-time.
- Supports "Normal Color Vision," "Protanope," "Deuteranope" and "Tritanope" color deficient types.
- Developed by Kazunori Asada (Ph.D. Medical Science and Media Design) based on the research in color science.
About 5% of men have difficultly distinguishing red and green, or recognizing dark red. Such color deficiency can be classified into three major categories: Protanope / Protanomal, Deuteranope / Deuteranomal and Tritanope / Tritanomal.
Color deficiencies are the inability to tell differences between some colors other people can easily distinguish. People with different types of color vision deficiency perceive colors differently. For example, individuals diagnosed as Protan or Deutan cannot perceive differences between red and green, and pink and cyan.
These color visions are predictable by calculating working of the cone cells that perceive colors to some degree.
"Chromatic Vision Simulator" makes a simulated image of each color vision type of dichromat from built-in camera or image file and shows you how people with a specific type of color deficiency see the world in real-time.
Announcement of making Open-Source version is here.
http://asada.tukusi.ne.jp/cvsimulator/e/announcement.html
Official website of the "Chromatic Vision Simulator" is here.
http://asada.tukusi.ne.jp/cvsimulator/e
User's Guide of this application is in the official website.
http://asada.tukusi.ne.jp/cvsimulator/e/manual.html
Android device with Android 5.0 (API level 21) or later and OpenGL ES2.0 or later.
- A simulation algorithm is based on a proposal method of academic research described below.
H. Brettel, F.Viénot, and J. D. Mollon: Computerized simulation of color appearance for dichromats, Journal of the Optical Society of America A, vol.14, no.10, pp.2647-2655 (Oct. 1997).
- Simulated images by this software are predicted images of dichromat vision under specific condition with specific method and not necessarily accurate. There is an individual variation in color vision.
- Although this application has the ability to simulate with the "Simulation Intensity", it is just a function which makes a simple linear interpolation image between the dichromat(the strongest color vision deficiency) simulation and normal vision (original), and it is not intended to simulate the vision of anomalous trichromat(weak color vision deficiency).
This application software was developed by Kazunori Asada (Ph.D. of Medical Science and Ph.D. of Media design).
I wish to express my gratitude to Mr. Hirofumi Ukawa and Masataka Matsuda who helped development of the open-source version.
Copyright 2018-2019 Kazunori Asada
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(1) Convert RGB color from sRGB(gammaed) to sRGB(linear). (IEC 61966-2-1)
(2) Convert color space from sRGB to CIEXYZ. (IEC 61966-2-1)
(3) Convert color space from CIEXYZ to LMS. (Hunt-Pointer-Estevez, Normalized to D65)
- (3') You can use a concatenation expression of (2) and (3).
(4) Color Vision Simulation on LMS color space.
Simulated color is calculate as projected orginal color to the color perception half plane.
- (4-1) for Protanope. (H. Brettel et al., 1997, Modified)
- (4-2) for Deuteranope. (H. Brettel et al., 1997, Modified)
- (4-3) for Tritanope. (H. Brettel et al., 1997, Modified)
(5) Convert color space from LMS to CIEXYZ. (Hunt-Pointer-Estevez, Normalized to D65)
(6) Convert color space from CIEXYZ to sRGB. (IEC 61966-2-1)
- (6') You can use a concatenation expression of (5) and (6).
(7) Convert RGB color from sRGB(linear) to sRGB(gammaed). (IEC 61966-2-1)
(8) Simulation Intensity.
Color Ck after adjustment with simulation intensity k is a linear interpolation of the original color Co and the dichromatic simulation color Cs in the LMS color space.