Electronic paper display preferred viewing distance and character size for different age groups

Ergonomics

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 806-814

  Wu, Hsin Chieh ^a  

^a CHAOYANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ageing; Information displays; Office ergonomics; Standards

Indexed keywords

AGE FACTORS; AGE GROUPS; AGEING; CHINESE CHARACTERS; CHINESE TEXT; E-PAPERS; ELECTRONIC PAPER DISPLAY; INFORMATION DISPLAY; OLDER PEOPLE; VIDEO DISPLAY TERMINALS; VIEWING DISTANCE;

CATHODE RAY TUBES; COMPUTER TERMINALS; DATA REDUCTION; ELECTRONIC PAPER; ERGONOMICS; STANDARDS;

PAPER;

AGING; DATA PROCESSING; HUMAN FACTORS; PAPER; STANDARDS;

ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; COMPUTER TERMINAL; CONSUMER; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAPER; PERCEPTION; READING; VISION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COMPUTER TERMINALS; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAPER; READING; SIZE PERCEPTION; VISION, OCULAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053098408     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2011.600775     Document Type: Article

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