Preferred Viewing Distances For Hand-Held And Structurally Fixed Displays

    Authors

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

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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

    Language

    English

    First Page

    1385

    Last Page

    1394

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:A1995RF95000007

    ISSN

    0014-0139

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