Instant Slow-Motion Visualization of High-Speed Phenomena Based on Event Camera

High-speed phenomena are difficult to perceive due to human vision limitations, yet their immediate understanding is crucial in fields like sports refereeing and neurosciences. Existing systems often rely on post-processing or require active user intervention, failing to provide intuitive, real-time...

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Main Authors: Kotoka Matsunaga, Katsutoshi Masai, Hideo Saito
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Published: IEEE 2025-01-01
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description High-speed phenomena are difficult to perceive due to human vision limitations, yet their immediate understanding is crucial in fields like sports refereeing and neurosciences. Existing systems often rely on post-processing or require active user intervention, failing to provide intuitive, real-time insights. This study presents a system that instantly visualizes high-speed phenomena in slow-motion using an event camera. The system prepares a background image, captured in advance, as a spatial reference. It overlays detected high-speed phenomena on this image for visualization. The system automatically detects high-speed phenomena and transitions to slow-motion for detailed analysis, while maintaining a real-time display. Auditory notifications alert users to critical moments. Through two user studies, we confirmed that event cameras improved accurate perception of high-speed phenomena. Moreover, the integration of Event-Timeline enables users to perceive these phenomena intuitively, without experiencing cognitive overload. The experimental results demonstrated a significant usability improvement (SUS: 84.7, NASA-TLX: 16.3). Focus group discussions refined visualization techniques, resulting in the development of design implications. This system enables intuitive and immediate understanding of unpredictable high-speed occurrences, with applications in sports, animal behavior monitoring, and motion analysis.
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spelling doaj-art-81b390bf904f459eac4eaa846f09b3ea2025-08-20T03:50:06ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362025-01-011311348211349410.1109/ACCESS.2025.358438211059901Instant Slow-Motion Visualization of High-Speed Phenomena Based on Event CameraKotoka Matsunaga0https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4217-9493Katsutoshi Masai1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9768-5314Hideo Saito2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2421-9862Department of Information and Computer Science, Keio University, Yokohama, JapanDepartment of Advanced Information Technology, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, JapanDepartment of Information and Computer Science, Keio University, Yokohama, JapanHigh-speed phenomena are difficult to perceive due to human vision limitations, yet their immediate understanding is crucial in fields like sports refereeing and neurosciences. Existing systems often rely on post-processing or require active user intervention, failing to provide intuitive, real-time insights. This study presents a system that instantly visualizes high-speed phenomena in slow-motion using an event camera. The system prepares a background image, captured in advance, as a spatial reference. It overlays detected high-speed phenomena on this image for visualization. The system automatically detects high-speed phenomena and transitions to slow-motion for detailed analysis, while maintaining a real-time display. Auditory notifications alert users to critical moments. Through two user studies, we confirmed that event cameras improved accurate perception of high-speed phenomena. Moreover, the integration of Event-Timeline enables users to perceive these phenomena intuitively, without experiencing cognitive overload. The experimental results demonstrated a significant usability improvement (SUS: 84.7, NASA-TLX: 16.3). Focus group discussions refined visualization techniques, resulting in the development of design implications. This system enables intuitive and immediate understanding of unpredictable high-speed occurrences, with applications in sports, animal behavior monitoring, and motion analysis.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11059901/Decision support systemshuman-computer interactioninteractive systemvisualization
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Instant Slow-Motion Visualization of High-Speed Phenomena Based on Event Camera
IEEE Access
Decision support systems
human-computer interaction
interactive system
visualization
title Instant Slow-Motion Visualization of High-Speed Phenomena Based on Event Camera
title_full Instant Slow-Motion Visualization of High-Speed Phenomena Based on Event Camera
title_fullStr Instant Slow-Motion Visualization of High-Speed Phenomena Based on Event Camera
title_full_unstemmed Instant Slow-Motion Visualization of High-Speed Phenomena Based on Event Camera
title_short Instant Slow-Motion Visualization of High-Speed Phenomena Based on Event Camera
title_sort instant slow motion visualization of high speed phenomena based on event camera
topic Decision support systems
human-computer interaction
interactive system
visualization
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11059901/
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