Visual Considerations of Man, the Vehicle, and the Highway Division of Optometry, Indiana University

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Schmidt, Ingeborg, author.

Conference Name:

1966 Automotive Engineering Congress and Exposition (1966-01-10 : Detroit, Michigan, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 1966

Summary:

This treatise represents a short physiological optics review for designers and users of automobiles. It starts with a description of the macroscopic and microscopic anatomy of the visual organ. The movements of the eyes, the visual field, and fixation field are described in a more detailed way, together with the sensory mechanisms which comprise adaptation, contrast sensitivity, visual acuity, perception of motion, and perception of direction and distances. In view of their importance in driving, special attention was given to the problems of glare, the time factor in vision, and the visual problems in motion. A comparison of visibility of red versus green concludes the paper. An effort has been made to confine the text to the phenomena which are basic and necessary for general understanding and have an obvious bearing on automotive design and driving procedures

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Publisher Number:

660004

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license