Program item

33rd Color and Imaging Conference

Camera Phone Image Quality

SC10

NEW HANDS-ON Camera Phone Image Quality
Instructor: Jonathan B. Phillips, Society for Imaging Science and Technology
Level: Introductory
Duration: 2 hours
Course Time: 15:45 - 17:45

Benefits
This course enables the attendee to:

Gain an understanding of what is meant by still and video image quality, and image quality attributes, e.g., color, sharpness, and noise.
Learn about the subcomponents of a camera—the lens, sensor, and image processor—and how the different subcomponents relate to image attributes.
Consider objective and subjective image quality evaluation methodologies.
Obtain advice on how to set up an image quality characterization lab.
Participate in a hands-on subjective cross-modal evaluation.
Explore typical usage of camera phones and emerging aspects of machine vision applications.

Course Description
During the past two decades, mobile cameras have evolved from low-resolution, low-quality gadgets into full-fledged photographic and videographic tools, dwarfing placement of traditional cameras. Because of this revolutionary development, the imaging industry has realized the necessity of being able to specify and characterize image quality in a reliable and consistent way, and in a way that also correlates with human vision. This short course aims to describe a methodology for characterization and benchmarking of cameras that considers objective and subjective aspects of image quality for both still and video imaging applications. The course includes insights into typical usage of camera phones and emerging aspects of machine vision applications.

Intended Audience: students, engineers, scientists, and managers interested in strengthening their knowledge of how to objectively and subjectively measure and define camera phone image quality.

Jonathan B. Phillips is executive director of the Society for Imaging Science and Technology (IS&T). Prior to joining IS&T, Phillips held positions at Google, Nvidia, Kodak, and Imatest. He was the leader of image quality in Google’s Android organization, where he focused on the Google Pixel camera and display image quality. Kodak sponsored his MS and PhD work in color science at Rochester Institute of Technology’s Munsell Color Science Laboratory. His undergraduate studies in chemistry and music were at Wheaton College (Illinois). Phillips is the co-author of numerous technical papers, patents, IEEE and ISO photography standards, and his book, Camera Image Quality Benchmarking, which is part of the IS&T-Wiley Series in Imaging Science and Technology. In 2023, Phillips received an RIT Distinguished Alumni Award.