Preferred viewing distance and screen angle of electronic paper displays

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 601-608

  Shieh, Kong King ^a   Lee, Der Song ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Electronic paper; Screen angle; Viewing distance

Indexed keywords

CHARACTER RECOGNITION; DATA REDUCTION; FLUORESCENT LAMPS; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS;

CHLORESTIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; SCREEN ANGLE; TUNGSTEN LAMP; VISUAL DISPLAY TERMINAL (VDT);

ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING;

INK; TUNGSTEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISPLAY SYSTEM; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; ELECTRONIC PAPER; EYE; FLUORESCENT LIGHTING; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; LIGHT; LIQUID CRYSTAL; NORMAL HUMAN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUNLIGHT; VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT;

EID: 34249657886     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2006.06.008     Document Type: Article

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