RESEARCH ARTICLE
Effect of Pixel’s Spatial Characteristics on Recognition of Isolated Pixelized Chinese Character
Kun Yang 1, *, Shuang Liu 1, Hong Wang 2, Wei Liu 1, Yaowei Wu 1
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2015Volume: 9
First Page: 234
Last Page: 239
Publisher ID: TOBEJ-9-234
DOI: 10.2174/1874120701509010234
Article History:
Received Date: 17/2/2015Revision Received Date: 21/5/2015
Acceptance Date: 9/6/2015
Electronic publication date: 31/8/2015
Collection year: 2015
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Abstract
The influence of pixel’s spatial characteristics on recognition of isolated Chinese character was investigated using simulated prosthestic vision. The accuracy of Chinese character recognition with 4 kinds of pixel number (6*6, 8*8, 10*10, and 12*12 pixel array) and 3 kinds of pixel shape (Square, Dot and Gaussian) and different pixel spacing were tested through head-mounted display (HMD). A captured image of Chinese characters in font style of Hei were pixelized with Square, Dot and Gaussian pixel. Results showed that pixel number was the most important factor which could affect the recognition of isolated pixelized Chinese Chartars and the accuracy of recognition increased with the addition of pixel number. 10*10 pixel array could provide enough information for people to recognize an isolated Chinese character. At low resolution (6*6 and 8*8 pixel array), there were little difference of recognition accuracy between different pixel shape and different pixel spacing. While as for high resolution (10*10 and 12*12 pixel array), the fluctuation of pixel shape and pixel spacing could not affect the performance of recognition of isolated pixelized Chinese Character.