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Flikcer -- A Chrome Extension to Resolve Online Epileptogenic Visual Content with Real-Time Luminance Frequency Analysis

arXiv.org Artificial Intelligence

Epilepsy is a disease that affects around 50 million people worldwide, 3-5% of which had seizures triggered by pulsating lights, or by patterns with light and dark areas, a condition known as photosensitive epilepsy (PSE). Video content with fast luminance variations, or with spatial patterns of high contrast - referred to as epileptogenic visual content - may also induce seizures on viewers with PSE, and even cause discomfort on users not affected by this disease. To avoid this type of effects, harmful visual content should be detected before being distributed or displayed. The problem has amplified during the COVID-19 pandemic, as all education, recreational and social activities move online. Estimates state that about 4.56 billion people have access to the internet in 2021, a number that accounts for nearly 60 percent of the world's total population. Out of 60 percent, more than 9 out of 10 people consume video content on a daily basis. A study done by the American Academy of Children Surveys shows that children from the age of 8-12 have had a 25% increase in average screen times from 4.5 hours a day to about 6 hours of screen time everyday.