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Development of Standards for Production of an Exit Sign Lighting in order to Minimize Human Pre-evacuation Time - Part III : Composition of Pictograms -

반응시간 최소화를 위한 피난구유도등 제작 기준 개발 - Part III : 픽토그램 구성 -

  • Oh, Ryun-Seok (Research Institute for Intelligent Fire Safety Technology and Human Behavioural Science, Pukyong National University) ;
  • Choi, Jun-Ho (Division of Architectural and Fire Protection Engineering, Pukyong National University)
  • 오륜석 (부경대 지능형 화재안전기술 및 행동과학 연구소 ) ;
  • 최준호 (부경대 건축.소방공학부 )
  • Received : 2023.02.20
  • Accepted : 2023.03.22
  • Published : 2023.06.30
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Abstract

Exit sign can help guide evacuees from a hazardous area, for instance fires, to a safe area. Legible exit signs would convey information about correct way-finding to the evacuees and would lead evacuees to a safe area rapidly so that Required Safe Egress Time (RSET) would be reduced considerably. In this study, the visibility and legibility of 13 pictograms combining running man-shaped graphic symbols, arrows and letters were measured to derive effective design of exit signs. Visibility and legibility were quantified based on the participant's pre-evacuation time to exit sign. Based on the experimental results, a composition of pictograms that can minimize pre-evacuation time was derived. As a result, it was measured that the pre-evacuation time of the pictogram using only the running man graphic symbol alone was the shortest. This is the current pictogram most widely used as a sign to guide the location of emergency exit in South Korea. The results of this study can be used as an engineering basis for the domestic standards for pictogram design for exit signs.

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Acknowledgement

이 성과는 2018년도 정부(과학기술정보통신부)의 재원으로 한국연구재단의 지원을 받아 수행된 연구임(No. 2018R1A2B3005951). 또한, 이 연구는 소방청 및 과학기술정보통신부가 출연하는 국민소방협력 초기대응 현장지원 기술개발사업의 재원으로 한국산업기술평가관리원의 지원을 받아 수행되었음(과제번호: 20016433).

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