COMPUTER SIMULATION OF SOME VISUAL ASPECTS OF THE DRIVING SITUATION: A PRELIMINARY REPORT

In this paper the effect of luminance in reduced visibility conditions at night, visual field position, and blur (up to two diopters), on the ability to discriminate between a simulated common potential hazard (a pedestrian who is about to cross the street) were studied, and a situation that is visually very similar, but that a priori does not involve danger (a pedestrian on the side of the street, facing away from it). Target real-life video images of a pedestrian surrounded by a background of trees and a wooden fence, on the side of a road, were used. Throughout the experiment the subjects viewed this same scene under different conditions; with foveal or 10 deg fixation, with non-blurred or blurred images, and at several mean luminance levels in the mesopic and scotopic range. (A) For the covering abstract, see IRRD 892069.

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• Authors:
  • BICHAO, I C
  • YAGER, D
  • LEWIS, A
• Publication Date: 1996

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 27-32
• Serial:
  • VISION IN VEHICLES V. FIFTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, GLASGOW, 1993
  • Publisher: Elsevier

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Drivers; Driving; Luminance; Measurement; Night; Street lighting; Visibility; Vision
• ITRD Terms: 8525: Conference; 1772: Driver; 1855: Driving (veh); 545: Lighting (street); 525: Luminance; 6136: Measurement; 9052: Night; 6783: Visibility; 2066: Vision
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00741003
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0-444-81477-9
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Oct 30 1997 12:00AM