Title

Preferred Viewing Distances For Hand-Held And Structurally Fixed Displays

Authors

Authors

E. Trautman; M. A. Trautman;P. Moskal

Comments

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Ergonomics

Keywords

VIEWING DISTANCE; RESTING POINT ACCOMMODATION; VERTICAL GAZE DIRECTION; VISUAL FATIGUE; WORK; Engineering, Industrial; Ergonomics; Psychology, Applied; Psychology

Abstract

This research was conducted to define viewing distance characteristics of individuals engaged in ordinary reading tasks. Specific attention was directed to assessing the potential relationship between observed distance and individual resting point accommodation. Consistent, statistically significant differences were observed across variable handheld and structurally-fixed hardcopy display configuration conditions. Relationships between observed viewing distance and resting point accommodation were not apparent. These findings suggest that simple eye-to-display viewing distance is fundamentally different for handheld text presentations and for the same text presented in a configuration similar to that of a video display terminal.

Journal Title

Ergonomics

Volume

38

Issue/Number

7

Publication Date

1-1-1995

Document Type

Article

DOI Link

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00140139508925196

Language

English

First Page

1385

Last Page

1394

WOS Identifier

WOS:A1995RF95000007

ISSN

0014-0139

Recommended Citation

"Preferred Viewing Distances For Hand-Held And Structurally Fixed Displays" (1995). Faculty Bibliography 1990s. 1484.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib1990/1484