Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative reference
3 Definitions
4 Quality Ruler Experiments
4.1 General Properties of Quality Rulers
4.2 Experimental Conditions and Reported Results
4.3 Attributes Varied in Quality Rulers
5 Hardcopy Quality Ruler Implementation
5.1 Physical Apparatus
5.2 Reference Stimuli
6 Softcopy Quality Ruler Implementation
6.1 Physical Apparatus
6.2 Reference Stimuli
6.3 Controlling Software
7 Generation of Quality Ruler Stimuli
7.1 General Requirements
7.2 Modulation Transfer Functions (MTFs)
7.3 Scene-Dependent Ruler Calibration
8 Standard Quality Scale (SQS) Determinations
8.1 Properties of the SQS
8.2 Experimental Requirements
Annex A (informative) Sample Instructions for a Hardcopy Quality
Ruler Experiment
Annex B (informative) Sample Instructions for a Softcopy Quality
Ruler Experiment
Annex C (informative) Sample Code of a Binary Search Routine for
the Softcopy Quality Ruler
Annex D (informative) Calibration of the Standard Quality Scale
(SQS) and its Reference Stimuli
Annex E (informative) Example of Results from Quality Ruler
Experiments
Bibliography