A TARGET DETECTION EXPERIMENT AT NIGHT ON HIGHWAY 417

BETWEEN AUGUST 3 AND SEPTEMBER 21 A SERIES OF TARGET DETECTION TASKS WERE CARRIED OUT AT NIGHT ON HIGHWAY 417 IN SOUTHEAST OTTAWA. THE PURPOSE OF THESE WAS TO COLLECT DATA ON SEEING DISTANCES FOR A GROUP OF SUBJECTS OF KNOWN VISUAL CHARACTERISTICS USING HEADLAMPS OF KNOWN ILLUMINATION CHARACTERISTICS. FROM THIS DATA IT WAS HOPED THAT A METHOD WOULD BE DERIVED FROM PREDICTING, WITH A COMPUTER PROGRAM, SEEING DISTANCE FROM A PARTICULAR SET OF HEADLIGHTS GIVEN VISUAL CHARACTERISTICS OF A SUBJECT AND THE ILLUMINATION AT THE EYE. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Rept No LTR-ST. 589 2 APP
• Corporate Authors:

  Nat Aeronutical Establishment /Can

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• Authors:
  • Smiley, A
  • HUCULAK, P
• Publication Date: 1973-2

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: 7 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computer programs; Data collection; Detection and identification; Detectors; Drivers; Forecasting; Headlamps; Light; Night; Night vision; Sight distance; Vision
• Old TRIS Terms: Driver vision
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222310
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Jul 22 1974 12:00AM