Evaluation of peripheral visual performance when using incandescent and LED miner cap lamps

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1923-1929

  Sammarco, John J ^a   Reyes, Miguel A ^a   Bartels, John R ^a   Gallagher, Sean ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cap lamps; Mine illumination; Mine safety; Peripheral visual performance

Indexed keywords

AGE GROUPS; CIRCULAR TARGET; DETECTION OF MOVING OBJECT; DIFFUSION FILTER; FIELD OF VIEWS; HIGH CONTRAST; LIGHT BULBS; MINE SAFETY; MOBILE MINING; OFF-AXIS; SIGNIFICANT FACTORS; SPECTRAL POWER DISTRIBUTION; TARGET LOCATION; TARGET MOVEMENTS; TARGET ROTATION; VISUAL CUES; VISUAL PERFORMANCE; WHITE LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

ABERRATIONS; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; INCANDESCENT LAMPS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; LIGHTING; MACHINERY; MINERS; MINES; MINING; ROTATION;

TARGETS;

EID: 70450265348     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2009.2031889     Document Type: Article

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