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Midterm Seatwork 1

Questions:
1. What is human eye?
Ans: the human eye is a sensory organ, part of the sensory nervous system, that reacts to visible light
and allows us to use visual information for various purposes including seeing things
2. What is human vision?
Ans: computer vision is a significant component of human-computer interaction (HCI) processes in
interactive control systems.
3. What is visual perception?
Ans: visual perception is the ability to perceive our surroundings through the light that enters our
eyes.
4. What are the two stages of visual perception? Explain each stage.
Ans: - the two stages of vision are physical reception of stimulus and processing and interpretation of
stimulus.
-  processing and interpretation of stimulus. The Eye - physical reception. mechanism for
receiving light and transforming it into electrical energy. light reflects from objects.
- processing and interpretation of stimulus. The recognition of icons is influenced by human
visual stimulus processing – bottom-up processing.
5. What are receptors in human eye?
Ans: The retinal receptors called photoreceptors are found at the back of the eye in the retina, which is
a layer of photosensitive tissue.
6. What is cornea of the human eye?
Ans: the transparent part of the eye that covers the iris and the pupil and allows light to enter the
inside.
7. What is lens of the human eye?
Ans: the lens is a clear, curved disk that sits behind the iris and in front of the vitreous of the eye.
8. What is retina of the human eye?
Ans: the retina converts light that enters into your eye into electrical signals your optic nerve sends to
your brain which creates the images you see.
9. What are photoreceptors of the human eye?
Ans: photoreceptors are specialized neurons found in the retina that convert light into electrical
signals that stimulate physiological processes
10. What are the types of photoreceptors of the human eye? Explain each type.
Ans: there are two types of photoreceptors involved in sight: rods and cones. Rods work at very low
levels of light. We use these for night vision because only a few bits of light (photons) can activate a
rod. Rods don't help with color vision, which is why at night, we see everything in a gray scale.
- rod cells are highly sensitive to light and function in nightvision, whereas cone cells are capable of
detecting a wide spectrum of light photons and are responsible for colour vision.