A novel image quality assessment method and coefficient of quality for digital solutions of colour blindness

Abstract

Eyesight is one of the primary senses that human beings have. Reports show that colour blindness, a form of colour vision deficiency (CVD), affects about 8% of the male population and 0.5% of female population. The Assistive Technology Act of 2004 lays focus on technologies that help individuals with disabilities and deficiencies. With the rapid advancement in technologies, several assistive solutions are available for visually impaired or CVD patients. Such solutions involve simulation and compensation of conflicting colours to help the colour blind in the visual perception of colours. Given the increased usage of the web, post the pandemic, these solutions improve the quality of life for the colour blind. Defining the image quality assessment criteria for such digital solutions becomes imperative. The study proposes a novel method for image quality assessment of digital solutions aimed at assisting the colour blind users. The proposed coefficient of quality (CQ) would be useful to rank colour compensation and recolouring algorithms. Experiments were conducted with a novel questionnaire set designed for this quality measurement. The results affirm the efficiency of the assessment method proposed. This will also provide objective feedback to the researchers and experts in this area to improve their solutions for CVD patients.