Ergonomic evaluation of electronic paper: Influences of anti-reflection surface treatment, illumination, and curvature on legibility and visual fatigue

Journal of the Society for Information Display

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 91-99

  Lin, Yu Ting ^a   Lin, Po Hung ^a   Hwang, Sheue Ling ^a   Jeng, Shie Chang ^b   Lin, Yan Rung ^b  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ambient illumination; Antl reflectlon surface treatment; Banding curvature; Electronic paper; Legibility; Visual fatigue

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); ERGONOMICS; REFLECTION;

AMBIENT ILLUMINATION; ANTL-REFLECTLON SURFACE TREATMENT; BANDING CURVATURE; ELECTRONIC PAPER; LEGIBILITY; VISUAL FATIGUE;

SURFACE TREATMENT;

EID: 54149091982     PISSN: 10710922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1889/1.2835042     Document Type: Article

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