Effect of display factors on Chinese reading times, comprehension scores and preferences

This paper presents the results of research on elemental standard reading time estimates for traditional Chinese characters on computer displays and explores the factors that may affect the time estimates. Seventy-two native Chinese readers, aged 19 to 24, were asked to read 16 simple passages and then answer four multiple-choice questions. Results indicated that the basic reading time was 213 milliseconds per character (msC^- 1) for comprehending the messages conveyed by the passages. Analysis of variance showed that font type, character size, line spacing and display polarity affected reading speed. Traditional Chinese characters of Ming style, 14-point size, double line spacing and positive polarity produced faster reading times and higher preferences than characters of Li style, 10-point size, single line spacing and negative polarity. However, only character size had a significant influence on comprehension score. Recommendations for appropriate display formats and layouts for traditional Chinese characters on computer displays based on the results of subjective preferences and objective measures are discussed.     

The influence of reading speed and line length on the effectiveness of reading from screen

With such a large volume of material accessible from the World Wide Web, there is an urgent need to increase our knowledge of factors influencing reading from screen. We investigate the effects of two reading speeds (normal and fast) and different line lengths on comprehension, reading rate and scrolling patterns. Scrolling patterns are defined as the way in which readers proceed through the text, pausing and scrolling. Comprehension and reading rate are also examined in relation to scrolling patterns to attempt to identify some characteristics of effective readers. We found a reduction in overall comprehension when reading fast, but the type of information recalled was not dependent on speed. A medium line length (55 characters per line) appears to support effective reading at normal and fast speeds. This produced the highest level of comprehension and was also read faster than short lines. Scrolling patterns associated with better comprehension (more time in pauses and more individual scrolling movements) contrast with scrolling patterns used by faster readers (less time in pauses between scrolling). Consequently, effective readers can only be defined in relation to the aims of the reading task, which may favour either speed or accuracy.     

Do visual word segmentation cues improve reading performance in Chinese reading？

Abstract

It is controversial whether providing visual word segmentation cues can improve Chinese reading performance. This study investigated this topic by examining how visual word segmentation cues such as grey highlighting, red colour and interword spacing influence global sentence reading and local word recognition during reading Chinese text in three experiments. The results showed that interword spacing could facilitate local word recognition but could not increase reading speed. In contrast, grey highlighting and red colour could improve neither local word recognition nor global sentence reading performance. Instead, these cues increased the number of fixations and saccades, resulting in slower reading speed. These results suggest that even red colour is not a practically visual cue for Chinese word segmentation and the corresponding mechanisms were discussed.

Practitioner Summary: We studied how visual cues such as grey highlighting, red colour and interword spacing influenced Chinese reading performance. Our data showed that even the red colour was not an efficient cue for Chinese word segmentation. The corresponding mechanisms and future direction were discussed regarding how to improve Chinese reading performance.     

Effects of typographic variables on eye-movement measures in reading Chinese from a screen

To investigate the most efficient way to represent text in reading Chinese on computer displays, three typographic variables, character size (41′ arc/24 pixels and 60′ arc/32 pixels), character spacing (1/4 and 1/8 character width) and font type (Kai and Ming), were manipulated. Results showed that the reading speed for Chinese characters of Kai type in 24 pixels with 1/8 character spacing was the shortest. Character size significantly affected overall reading speed; in specific, text in 24-pixel characters was read faster than text in 32-pixel characters. Further eye-movement analyses revealed that text in smaller-sized characters had longer fixation duration, fewer fixations and fewer regressions than text in larger-sized characters. The interaction between character spacing and font type was observed on overall reading efficiency and on some eye-movement measures, which suggests that different character spacings should be considered in different font types for more efficient reading. Generally, characters in Kai font were easier to read with 1/8 character spacing than with 1/4 character spacing. The relationship between eye-movement measures and overall reading efficiency was further discussed.     

Effects of different task factors on speed and preferences in Chinese handwriting

This study was conducted to determine the speed of Chinese handwriting and explore the effects of the task factors, tool type, paper texture, writing plane angle, and line spacing on writing speed and subjective preferences. The results showed that the average duration of writing a 9-stroke character was 1487 ms. Paper texture and line spacing had a significant effect on production speed. Uncoated paper and 3 mm-line spacing enhanced writing speed. Subjects had clear preferences for writing with a pen, on uncoated paper, in a horizontal plane, and with relatively wide line spacing (5 mm/7 mm/lineless). There was a conflict between writing speed and personal preference on the line spacing factor. Although narrow line spacing (3 mm) increased writing speed, it was not preferred by the subjects over wider spacing on the evaluation attributes of comfort, ease, fatigue, and overall preference. To take a balance between writing speed and personal preference, a line spacing of at least 5 mm is recommended.     

Effects of different task factors on speed and preferences in Chinese handwriting

This study was conducted to determine the speed of Chinese handwriting and explore the effects of the task factors, tool type, paper texture, writing plane angle, and line spacing on writing speed and subjective preferences. The results showed that the average duration of writing a 9-stroke character was 1487 ms. Paper texture and line spacing had a significant effect on production speed. Uncoated paper and 3 mm-line spacing enhanced writing speed. Subjects had clear preferences for writing with a pen, on uncoated paper, in a horizontal plane, and with relatively wide line spacing (5 mm/7 mm/lineless). There was a conflict between writing speed and personal preference on the line spacing factor. Although narrow line spacing (3 mm) increased writing speed, it was not preferred by the subjects over wider spacing on the evaluation attributes of comfort, ease, fatigue, and overall preference. To take a balance between writing speed and personal preference, a line spacing of at least 5 mm is recommended.     

Task factor usability ratings for different age groups writing Chinese

This study evaluated how different task factors affect performance and user subjective preferences for three different age groups of Chinese subjects (6–11, 20–23, 65–70 years) when hand writing Chinese characters. The subjects copied Chinese character sentences with different settings for the task factors of writing plane angle (horizontal 0°, slanted 15°), writing direction (horizontal, vertical), and line spacing (5 mm, 7 mm and no lines). Writing speed was measured and subjective preferences (effectiveness and satisfaction) were assessed for each of the task factor settings. The result showed that there was a conflict between writing speed and personal preference for the line spacing factor; 5 mm line spacing increased writing speed but it was the least preferred. It was also found that: vertical and horizontal writing directions and a slanted work surface suited school-aged children; a horizontal work surface and horizontal writing direction suited university students; and a horizontal writing direction with either a horizontal or slanted work surface suited the older adults.     

回归—聚类联合框架下的手写文本行提取

目的 手写文本行提取是文档图像处理中的重要基础步骤,对于无约束手写文本图像,文本行都会有不同程度的倾斜、弯曲、交叉、粘连等问题。利用传统的几何分割或聚类的方法往往无法保证文本行边缘的精确分割。针对这些问题提出一种基于文本行回归-聚类联合框架的手写文本行提取方法。方法 首先,采用各向异性高斯滤波器组对图像进行多尺度、多方向分析,利用拖尾效应检测脊形结构提取文本行主体区域,并对其骨架化得到文本行回归模型。然后,以连通域为基本图像单元建立超像素表示,为实现超像素的聚类,建立了像素-超像素-文本行关联层级随机场模型,利用能量函数优化的方法实现超像素的聚类与所属文本行标注。在此基础上,检测出所有的行间粘连字符块,采用基于回归线的k-means聚类算法由回归模型引导粘连字符像素聚类,实现粘连字符分割与所属文本行标注。最后,利用文本行标签开关实现了文本行像素的操控显示与定向提取,而不再需要几何分割。结果 在HIT-MW脱机手写中文文档数据集上进行文本行提取测试,检测率DR为99.83%,识别准确率RA为99.92%。结论 实验表明,提出的文本行回归-聚类联合分析框架相比于传统的分段投影分析、最小生成树聚类、Seam Carving等方法提高了文本行边缘的可控性与分割精度。在高效手写文本行提取的同时,最大程度地避免了相邻文本行的干扰,具有较高的准确率和鲁棒性。     

Usability of the size,spacing, and operation method of virtual buttons with virtual hand on head-mounted displays

Virtual reality (VR) allows users to see and manipulate virtual scenes and items through input devices, like head-mounted displays. In this study, the effects of button size, spacing, and operation method on the usability of virtual buttons in VR environments were investigated. Task completion time, number of errors, and subjective preferences were collected to test different levels of the button size, spacing, and operation method. The experiment was conducted in a desktop setting with Oculus Rift and Leap motion. A total of 18 subjects performed a button selection task. The optimal levels of button size and spacing within the experimental conditions are 25 mm and between 5 mm and 9 mm, respectively. Button sizes of 15 mm with 1-mm spacing were too small to be used in VR environments. A trend of decreasing task completion time and the number of errors was observed as button size and spacing increased. However, large size and spacing may cause fatigue, due to continuous extension of the arms. For operation method, the touch method took a shorter task completion time. However, the push method recorded a smaller number of errors, owing to the visual push-feedback. In this paper, we discuss advantages and disadvantages in detail. The results can be applied to many different application areas with VR HMD using virtual hand interaction.     

Effects of the presentation characteristics of dual dynamic information text on comprehension using an LCD monitor

Abstract— This study investigated the effects of the presentation method, presentation rate, type of flickering character presented in a dynamic headline, and spacing between the headline and the display window on reading moving Chinese text in a single‐line display. Eighty‐three subjects aged 14–18 years of age completed 27 experimental treatments consisting of three presentation methods (i.e., leading format, rapid serial visual presentation (RSVP), with full display window, and RSVP with clause), three presentation rates (80, 155, and 230 cpm), and three types of flickering characters (twinkling, rotating, and shrinking) presented in a headline. The spacing between the headline and the display window (0.4 vs. 0.7 vs. 1.0 cm) served as the between‐subjects factor. Results showed that comprehension accuracy was lower for dynamic text presented in the leading format than for that presented in the RSVP format with a full display window or with clause. Comprehension accuracy was also lower in response to a presentation rate of 230 cpm than to a presentation rate of 80 cpm. Analyses indicated that the spacing between the headline and the display window significantly affected comprehension accuracy; the rate of accurate responses was greater with a spacing of 1.0 cm than with a spacing of 0.4 cm. However, the type of flickering characters did not significantly affect comprehension accuracy. Implications of these results for designing dynamically presented Chinese text on a Web site are discussed.     

Reading a dynamic presentation of Chinese text on a single-line display

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of presentation method and presentation rate on reading a dynamic presentation of Chinese text on a single-line display. A novel presentation concept that Chinese word as a presentation unit was examined. Twenty-four subjects completed 12 experimental treatments composed of four presentation methods (i.e., leading format with conventional layout or LC, rapid serial visual presentation (RSVP) format with conventional layout or RC, leading format with inter-word spacing or LW, and RSVP format with word or RW) and three presentation rates (120-, 240- and 500-character-per-minute). The results revealed that recall accuracy and satisfaction score for the leading format were better than the RSVP format. Furthermore, the layouts that used words as presentation units were better than the conventional layout in which characters were the presentation units. Subjects’ performance deteriorated when presentation rate was at a high speed of 500 characters per minute, particularly for the RSVP method with conventional layout. The implications of the results on reading a dynamic presentation of Chinese text are discussed.     

线特征融合光流的单目SLAM算法

针对移动机器人的定位与建图问题,提出了基于图优化的单目线特征融合光流的同时定位和地图构建(SLAM)的算法。首先,针对主流视觉SLAM算法因采用点作为特征而导致构建的点云地图稀疏、难以准确表达环境结构信息等缺点,采用直线作为特征来构建地图,并采用图优化方法来提高定位精度和地图构建的准确性。然后,针对定位系统的处理速度很难达到实时性要求,将光流法引入以达到实时定位的效果。实验表明,基于线特征的地图构建有较高的建图精度,并且融合算法克服了光流法定位精度差和特征法处理速度慢的缺点,可提供较准确的实时定位输出,并对光照变化和场景纹理较少的情况有一定的鲁棒性。     

基于夹角的直线检测算法

为了能有效解决Hough变换计算量大、处理速度慢等问题,提出了一种基于夹角的直线提取算法.该算法直接在图像空间提取直线,通过判断图像中任意三点形成的直线夹角,获得一条可能的直线,然后再在数据空间中进一步判定这条直线的真实性.实验证明,该算法具有较高的直线检出率、检测精度和运行速度,与具有类似检出率的算法相比虚假直线数较少,综合性能具有优势.     

联机汉字篇章书写质量评价研究

该文的研究工作针对硬笔汉字篇章书写练习的智能评价与指导需求展开。在PAD等数字录入设备支持的联机书写状态下,以记录书写笔迹的时序点集为依据,先实现分行割字,再进行行水平、行间距稳定性、行间距均匀性、字间距均匀性和左对齐等的计算并获得特征参量。最终通过专家经验赋权法给出直观的书写质量评价结果。实验表明,该系统可以对篇章书写质量给出较符合主观习惯的评价,能够用于指导书写者进行汉字篇章书写练习。     

Effects of display method,number of message lines,and text colour on Chinese comprehension and subjective preferences for an LED display

This study investigated the effects of display method, number of message lines and text colour on comprehension performance and subjective preferences for reading Chinese on a light‐emitting diode display. The factors and levels studied were: two text display methods (rapid serial visual presentation ‘rapid serial visual presentation (RSVP)’ and paged view scrolling), four numbers of message lines displayed at a time (one to four lines) and three text colours (amber, green and red). The RSVP method resulted in higher comprehension scores than the paged view scrolling method, and the green text produced better comprehension score than amber or red. However, the paged view scrolling received better subjective evaluation ratings than the RSVP method. A multiline display was found to be superior to a single‐line display for both comprehension scores and subjective evaluations. The results here provide useful ergonomics recommendations for choice of appropriate display method and format setting for presenting Chinese messages on light‐emitting diode displays.     

基于实例分割的车道线检测及自适应拟合算法

车道线检测是智能驾驶系统的重要组成部分。传统车道线检测方法高度依赖手动选取特征,工作量大,在受到物体遮挡、光照变化和磨损等复杂场景的干扰时精度不高,因此设计一个鲁棒的检测算法面临着很大挑战。为了克服这些缺点,提出了一种基于深度学习实例分割方法的车道线检测模型。该模型基于改进的Mask R-CNN模型,首先利用实例分割模型对道路图像进行分割,提高车道特征信息的检测能力;然后使用聚类模型提取离散的车道线特征信息点;最后提出一种自适应拟合的方法,结合直线和多项式两种拟合方法对不同视野内的特征点进行拟合,生成最优车道线参数方程。实验结果表明,该方法提高了检测速度,在不同场景下都具有较好的检测精度,能够实现对各种复杂实际条件下的车道线信息的鲁棒提取。     

Robot Self—Location by Line Correspondences

This paper thoroughly investigates the problem of robot self-location by line correspondences.The original cotributions are three-fold:(1) Obtain the necessary and sufficient condition to determine linearly the robot‘s pose by two line correspondences.(2) Show that if the space lines are vertical ones,it is impossible to determine linearly the robot‘s pose no matter how many line correspondences we have,and the minimum number of line correspondences is 3 to determine uniquely (but non-linearly)the robot‘s pose.(3) Show that if the space lines are horizontal ones,the minimum number of line correspondences is 3 for linear determination and 2 for non-linear determination of the robot‘s pose.     

A Bayesian-based method of unconstrained handwritten offline Chinese text line recognition

This paper presents a new Bayesian-based method of unconstrained handwritten offline Chinese text line recognition. In this method, a sample of a real character or non-character in realistic handwritten text lines is jointly recognized by a traditional isolated character recognizer and a character verifier, which requires just a moderate number of handwritten text lines for training. To improve its ability to distinguish between real characters and non-characters, the isolated character recognizer is negatively trained using a linear discriminant analysis (LDA)-based strategy, which employs the outputs of a traditional MQDF classifier and the LDA transform to re-compute the posterior probability of isolated character recognition. In tests with 383 text lines in HIT-MW database, the proposed method achieved the character-level recognition rates of 71.37% without any language model, and 80.15% with a bi-gram language model, respectively. These promising results have shown the effectiveness of the proposed method for unconstrained handwritten offline Chinese text line recognition.     

基于YOLOv5的电力线和杆塔实时检测算法研究

针对当前电力线路检测中存在深度学习网络参数量大、计算复杂度高等问题;在YOLOv5的基础上提出一种电力线和杆塔的实时检测算法;通过减少Bottleneck数量来简化特征提取层网络结构,使用深度可分离卷积技术实现模型计算量的降低;分析电力线目标框筛选机制,改进(Non-Maximum Suppression)NMS算法,提升模型目标检测精度;实验结果表明,对Bottleneck的改进在识别精度有所提高的情况下能有效降低模型的参数量,模型检测准确率和召回率分别达到94%与95%,体积压缩了20.7%,在Jetson Nano嵌入式平台上检测速度达到17.2 fps,对两类电力线路目标检测达到较高的识别率和实时性,对无人机电力巡检导航有较好的参考价值。     

线电感特征点定位的开关磁阻电机无位置传感器控制方法

针对目前开关磁阻电机(SRM)在无位置传感控制方面受磁路饱和影响而导致转子位置估算精度不高的问题,提出一种线电感特征点定位的开关磁阻电机无位置传感器控制方法.首先提出了线电感及其特征点的基本概念,分析了线电感与转子位置角度间的函数关系,研究了根据两相邻线电感特征点对应区间的位置角度及时间来确定电机转子在该区间的平均转速及下一对应区间位置估算的具体实现方法.最后通过仿真与实验验证了上述方法的可行性.