Scene (perception) explained

In the field of perception, a scene is information that can flow from a physical environment into a perceptual system via sensory transduction.^{[1] [2]}

A perceptual system is designed to interpret scenes.

Examples of scenes include

• Still images
• Binocular still images
• Moving images (movies)
• Binocular moving images (~3D movies)
• Sounds of a local environment (audio recordings)
• Tactile properties of a local environment.

A natural scene is a scene that a perceptual system would typically encounter in a natural mode of operation. Therefore, a very relevant area of research is natural scene statistics.^{[3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. Ruderman . Daniel L. . Bialek . William . Statistics of natural images: Scaling in the woods . Physical Review Letters . American Physical Society (APS) . 73 . 6 . 1994-08-08 . 0031-9007 . 10.1103/physrevlett.73.814 . 814–817. 10057546 .
2. Geisler . Wilson S. . Visual Perception and the Statistical Properties of Natural Scenes . Annual Review of Psychology. Annual Reviews . 59 . 1 . 2008 . 0066-4308 . 10.1146/annurev.psych.58.110405.085632 . 167–192. 17705683 .
3. Geisler . Wilson S. . Perry . Jeffrey S. . Ing . Almon D. . Natural systems analysis . Electronic Imaging . San Jose, California, United States. SPIE . 2008-02-14 . 10.1117/12.784161 . 68060M. free .
4. Field . David J. . Relations between the statistics of natural images and the response properties of cortical cells . Journal of the Optical Society of America A . The Optical Society . 4 . 12 . 1987-12-01 . 2379–94 . 1084-7529 . 10.1364/josaa.4.002379 . 3430225 . free.