Effects of ambient illumination and screen luminance combination on character identification performance of desktop TFT-LCD monitors

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 211-218

  Lin, Chin Chiuan ^a   Huang, Kuo Chen ^b  

^a KUN SHAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ambient illumination; Character identification performance; Screen luminance combination

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER MONITORS; LIGHTING; PERFORMANCE; PERSONAL COMPUTERS;

AMBIENT ILLUMINATION; CHARACTER IDENTIFICATION PERFORMANCE; SCREEN LUMINANCE COMBINATION;

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUMINATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL; LUMINANCE; MONITOR; OFFICE WORKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION; VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33644623892     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2005.11.004     Document Type: Article

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