Evaluation of a Transparent Display's Pixel Structure Regarding Subjective Quality of Diffracted See-Through Images

Transparent displays utilizing transparent windows suffer from blurred see-through images caused by diffraction; however, current studies still rely on experiments with actual display panels and human observers to investigate see-through image quality. Moreover, the influence of pixel structure on s...

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Main Authors: Zong Qin, Jing Xie, Fang-Cheng Lin, Yi-Pai Huang, Han-Ping D. Shieh
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author Zong Qin
Jing Xie
Fang-Cheng Lin
Yi-Pai Huang
Han-Ping D. Shieh
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Jing Xie
Fang-Cheng Lin
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Han-Ping D. Shieh
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description Transparent displays utilizing transparent windows suffer from blurred see-through images caused by diffraction; however, current studies still rely on experiments with actual display panels and human observers to investigate see-through image quality. Moreover, the influence of pixel structure on subjective see-through image quality has not been clearly demonstrated. To improve the inefficient investigation methodology and quantitatively evaluate pixel structure, we first propose a simulation method for diffracted see-through images. Next, by testing six mainstream full-reference image quality assessment algorithms, multiscale structure similarity (MS-SSIM) is revealed to be the most suitable predictor of subjective image quality for our study. Based on public image databases, the influences of aperture ratio, resolution, and the geometry of the transparent window are evaluated by combining the proposed simulation method and MS-SSIM. As a result, an aperture ratio increase of 0.1 leads to a considerable increase of subjective image quality, as more than eight percentage points. Then, a resolution increase of 100PPI only leads to an approximately three percentage point decrease of image quality. Finally, little influence of the geometry of the transparent window is demonstrated. Additionally, physical reasons why these aspects of pixel structure perform in such a manner are also given.
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spelling doaj-art-4f3d3568055b44e8a4476b5cce4b6fcf2025-08-20T03:32:58ZengIEEEIEEE Photonics Journal1943-06552017-01-019411410.1109/JPHOT.2017.27220007964687Evaluation of a Transparent Display's Pixel Structure Regarding Subjective Quality of Diffracted See-Through ImagesZong Qin0Jing Xie1Fang-Cheng Lin2Yi-Pai Huang3Han-Ping D. Shieh4Department of Photonics and Display Institute, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C.Department and Graduate Institute of Library and Information Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.Department of Photonics and Display Institute, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C.Department of Photonics and Display Institute, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C.Department of Photonics and Display Institute, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C.Transparent displays utilizing transparent windows suffer from blurred see-through images caused by diffraction; however, current studies still rely on experiments with actual display panels and human observers to investigate see-through image quality. Moreover, the influence of pixel structure on subjective see-through image quality has not been clearly demonstrated. To improve the inefficient investigation methodology and quantitatively evaluate pixel structure, we first propose a simulation method for diffracted see-through images. Next, by testing six mainstream full-reference image quality assessment algorithms, multiscale structure similarity (MS-SSIM) is revealed to be the most suitable predictor of subjective image quality for our study. Based on public image databases, the influences of aperture ratio, resolution, and the geometry of the transparent window are evaluated by combining the proposed simulation method and MS-SSIM. As a result, an aperture ratio increase of 0.1 leads to a considerable increase of subjective image quality, as more than eight percentage points. Then, a resolution increase of 100PPI only leads to an approximately three percentage point decrease of image quality. Finally, little influence of the geometry of the transparent window is demonstrated. Additionally, physical reasons why these aspects of pixel structure perform in such a manner are also given.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7964687/Diffractive opticsimage quality assessmentpixel structuretransparent display.
spellingShingle Zong Qin
Jing Xie
Fang-Cheng Lin
Yi-Pai Huang
Han-Ping D. Shieh
Evaluation of a Transparent Display's Pixel Structure Regarding Subjective Quality of Diffracted See-Through Images
IEEE Photonics Journal
Diffractive optics
image quality assessment
pixel structure
transparent display.
title Evaluation of a Transparent Display's Pixel Structure Regarding Subjective Quality of Diffracted See-Through Images
title_full Evaluation of a Transparent Display's Pixel Structure Regarding Subjective Quality of Diffracted See-Through Images
title_fullStr Evaluation of a Transparent Display's Pixel Structure Regarding Subjective Quality of Diffracted See-Through Images
title_full_unstemmed Evaluation of a Transparent Display's Pixel Structure Regarding Subjective Quality of Diffracted See-Through Images
title_short Evaluation of a Transparent Display's Pixel Structure Regarding Subjective Quality of Diffracted See-Through Images
title_sort evaluation of a transparent display s pixel structure regarding subjective quality of diffracted see through images
topic Diffractive optics
image quality assessment
pixel structure
transparent display.
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7964687/
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