BiPMAP: a toolbox for predicting perceived motion artifacts on modern displays

Abstract

Viewers of digital displays often experience motion artifacts (e.g., flicker, judder, edge banding, motion blur, color breakup, depth distortion) when presented with dynamic scenes. We developed an interactive software tool for display designers that predicts how a viewer perceives motion artifacts for a variety of stimulus, display, and viewing parameters: the Binocular Perceived Motion Artifact Predictor (BiPMAP). The tool enables the user to specify numerous stimulus, display, and viewing parameters. It implements a model of human spatiotemporal contrast sensitivity in order to determine which artifacts will be seen by a viewer and which will not. The tool visualizes the perceptual effects of discrete space-time sampling on the display by presenting side by side the expected perception when the stimulus is continuous compared to when the same stimulus is presented with the spatial and temporal parameters of a prototype display.