State of the art on human visual system modeling

Fatima Zohra Allan, Hicham Bousbia-Salah and Latifa Hamami

Perceptual processes are becoming more and more complex as new observations and research in the field of Digital Image Processing are published. The discoveries of the last decades have notably modified the image that we traditionally had of the Human Visual System and visual perception. The main objective of this work is to draw up an inventory of the main functions of the Human Visual System and its components. We will highlight the interest of using models of the Human Visual System to develop image processing tools, more particularly, in the field of individual recognition. Indeed, it is recognized that the HVS can overcome a certain number of difficulties commonly encountered in computer vision. We will also develop aspects relating to functions and processes associated more immediately with the Human Visual System. We will highlight the most important properties, namely, Local Band-Limited Contrast, Contrast Sensitivity Function and masking effect. 

Advanced Studies: Euro-Tbilisi Mathematical Journal, Vol. 16,  supplement issue 2 (2023), pp. 119-133