Display daylight ambient contrast measurement methods and daylight readability

Journal of the Society for Information Display

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1019-1030

  Kelley, Edward F ^a   Lindfors, Max ^b   Penczek, John ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast; Daylight readability; Diffuse reflectance; Display measurements; Display readability; Display reflection measurements; Dynamic range; Luminous reflectance factor; Maximum readability; Reflectance factor; Skylight reflection

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST; DAYLIGHT READABILITY; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE; DISPLAY MEASUREMENTS; DISPLAY READABILITY; DISPLAY REFLECTION MEASUREMENTS; DYNAMIC RANGE; LUMINOUS REFLECTANCE FACTOR; MAXIMUM READABILITY; REFLECTANCE FACTOR; SKYLIGHT REFLECTION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; LIGHTING; MEASUREMENTS; WINDOWS;

REFLECTION;

EID: 34247354458     PISSN: 10710922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1889/1.2393026     Document Type: Article

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