Short-wavelength content of LED headlamps and discomfort glare

LEUKOS - Journal of Illuminating Engineering Society of North America

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 145-154

  Sivak, Michael ^a   Schoettle, Brandon ^a   Minoda, Takako ^a   Flannagan, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Discomfort glare; Headlighting; HID headlamps; LED headlamps; Short wavelength cones; Short wavelength content

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; GLARE; HALOGEN ELEMENTS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TUNGSTEN;

DISCOMFORT GLARE; HEADLIGHTING; HID HEADLAMPS; LED HEADLAMPS; SHORT WAVELENGTH CONES; SHORT WAVELENGTH CONTENT;

HEADLIGHTS;

EID: 33749029934     PISSN: 15502724     EISSN: 15502716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1582/LEUKOS.2005.02.02.006     Document Type: Article

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