DRIVERS HEAD AND EYE POSITIONS

RESULTS OF PREVIOUS SAE DRIVERS' EYE-LOCATION STUDIES HAVE BEEN USED TO DEVELOP A FIXED SEAT EYELLIPSE AND CONTOURS THAT DESCRIBE DRIVERS' HEAD LOCATIONS. CENTROID DATA FROM THESE AND OTHER EYE-LOCATION STUDIES ARE USED AS A MEANS OF LOCATING THE SAE EYELLIPSE ACCORDING TO SEAT BACK ANGLE. STUDIES RECENTLY COMPLETED PROVIDED DATA ON DRIVERS' EYE LOCATIONS FOR VARIED VEHICLE PACKAGES RANGING FROM SPORTS CARS TO HEAVY TRUCKS. THE RESULTS ARE SUMMARIZED AS A SERIES OF TABLES, WHICH INCLUDE STATISTICAL DEFINITIONS OF TANGENT CUTOFF EYELLIPSES. A METHOD FOR POSITIONING A FIXED SEAT EYELLIPSE ACCORDING TO SEAT BACK ANGLE IS DESCRIBED. A METHOD IS ALSO SHOWN FOR MEASURING HEADROOM RELATIVE TO SEAT BACK ANGLE. /HSL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • AUTO ENGIN CON REP NO SAE-720200
• Corporate Authors:

  Ford Motor Company

  1 American Road
  Dearborn, MI  United States  48126-2798

  General Motors Corporation

  Warren, MI  United States  48090
• Authors:
  • Hammond, D C
  • ROE, R W
• Publication Date: 1972

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 16 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Anthropometry; Ergonomics; Eye movements; Mathematical models
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223911
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 17 1973 12:00AM