Understanding and evaluating visual guidance quality inside passenger terminals - a cognitive and quantified approach
Using the findings from visual cognitive psychology and computer vision, this study proposes a method that can predict how passenger visual attention to indoor visual guidance elements will affect the visual guidance quality inside passenger terminals. A saliency model is used to simulate the human...
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| description | Using the findings from visual cognitive psychology and computer vision, this study proposes a method that can predict how passenger visual attention to indoor visual guidance elements will affect the visual guidance quality inside passenger terminals. A saliency model is used to simulate the human visual attention, so as to understand how the visual guidance elements and visual noise are cognitively perceived by passengers. For every possible origin and destination node combination, the length and probability of the path that passengers are most likely to take (LP) are compared with the respective shortest path (SP). The overall evaluation of the terminal’s visual guidance quality can be expressed by the Extra Walking Index. The validity of the developed evaluation method is verified and it is then applied in a case study. The method can be used as a supporting tool for architects to identify relevant architectural features in the design phase and optimize them accordingly; in addition, it can also provide existing passenger terminals with specific improvement suggestions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3d08719cdbc4423a93714514628d36942023-08-03T09:07:49ZengTaylor & Francis GroupJournal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering1347-28522019-07-0118436237910.1080/13467581.2019.16660131666013Understanding and evaluating visual guidance quality inside passenger terminals - a cognitive and quantified approachRan Xu0Xing Su1Haishan Xia2Beijing Jiaotong UniversityBeijing University of TechnologyBeijing Jiaotong UniversityUsing the findings from visual cognitive psychology and computer vision, this study proposes a method that can predict how passenger visual attention to indoor visual guidance elements will affect the visual guidance quality inside passenger terminals. A saliency model is used to simulate the human visual attention, so as to understand how the visual guidance elements and visual noise are cognitively perceived by passengers. For every possible origin and destination node combination, the length and probability of the path that passengers are most likely to take (LP) are compared with the respective shortest path (SP). The overall evaluation of the terminal’s visual guidance quality can be expressed by the Extra Walking Index. The validity of the developed evaluation method is verified and it is then applied in a case study. The method can be used as a supporting tool for architects to identify relevant architectural features in the design phase and optimize them accordingly; in addition, it can also provide existing passenger terminals with specific improvement suggestions.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13467581.2019.1666013multimodal passenger terminalvisual guidance qualitypath choicewayfindingvisual attention |
| spellingShingle | Ran Xu Xing Su Haishan Xia Understanding and evaluating visual guidance quality inside passenger terminals - a cognitive and quantified approach Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering multimodal passenger terminal visual guidance quality path choice wayfinding visual attention |
| title | Understanding and evaluating visual guidance quality inside passenger terminals - a cognitive and quantified approach |
| title_full | Understanding and evaluating visual guidance quality inside passenger terminals - a cognitive and quantified approach |
| title_fullStr | Understanding and evaluating visual guidance quality inside passenger terminals - a cognitive and quantified approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | Understanding and evaluating visual guidance quality inside passenger terminals - a cognitive and quantified approach |
| title_short | Understanding and evaluating visual guidance quality inside passenger terminals - a cognitive and quantified approach |
| title_sort | understanding and evaluating visual guidance quality inside passenger terminals a cognitive and quantified approach |
| topic | multimodal passenger terminal visual guidance quality path choice wayfinding visual attention |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13467581.2019.1666013 |
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