Detailed eye-safety analysis of laser-based scanned-beam projection systems

IEEE/OSA Journal of Display Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 166-173

  Buckley, Edward ^a  

^a Pixtronix Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Displays; Human factors; Lasers

Indexed keywords

EYE-SAFE; LASER PROJECTION SYSTEM; LUMINOUS FLUX; MAXIMUM CLASS; PULSE SPACINGS; SCAN PATTERNS;

DISPLAY DEVICES; HUMAN ENGINEERING; LASERS; LUMINANCE;

PROJECTION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84857319236     PISSN: 1551319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JDT.2011.2170955     Document Type: Article

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