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An Assessment of the Disability Glare by the Road Lighting System Installed on Guardrails

  • Seok, Dae-Il;Kim, Hoon
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.1-7
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    • 2010
  • To find an appropriate illuminance range for the disability glare caused by the road lighting system installed on guardrails, the influence of the disability glare was evaluated in comparison with the road lighting system of a streetlight. To test the disability glare, an indoor laboratory was constructed and a variation of luminance contrast threshold was evaluated. As a result, when the retinal illuminance was increased and glare sources existed within the narrow visual field, the luminance contrast threshold was increased. Although the road lighting luminaire was installed as low as the height of the guardrail on the road, when out of sight, the influence of the disability glare was small in comparison with the conventional road lighting system such as a streetlight.

A Study on the Visual Impairment of Pilots and Controllers caused by Large Lighting Facilities around Airports during Nighttime Flight Operation (야간운항 중 공항 주변 대형 조명시설에 의한 조종사와 관제사의 시각장애현상에 대한 연구)

  • Jong-jin Jeon;Hyun-seung Lee
    • Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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    • v.25 no.6
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    • pp.466-475
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    • 2021
  • Airport-related laws restrict the installation of lights that obstruct the identification of airport lights or cause glare to pilots and controllers around the airport. However, with regard to the glare that lights give to the pilot or controller, it is only judged whether there is a limit based on a qualitative judgment, and a quantitative review has not been made. Therefore, in this study, visual disturbances that may occur to pilots and controllers due to large lighting facilities around airports during nighttime flight operation were quantitatively calculated and confirmed through disability glare, object recognition, and identification obstruction. And based on this study, it was suggested to supplement the related system to prevent the visual impairment of pilots and controllers caused by lighting facilities.

Contrast Sensitivity and Glare with Spherical and Toric Soft Contact Lenses in Low-astigmatic Eyes (구면과 토릭 소프트 렌즈로 교정한 약도 난시안의 대비감도와 눈부심)

  • Lee, Min-Ah;Kim, Hyun Jung;Kim, Jai-Min
    • Journal of Korean Ophthalmic Optics Society
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.39-45
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    • 2009
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study is to compare the visual performance by contrast sensitivity (CS) and disability glare (DG) in low astigmatic eyes corrected with toric soft lenses and other optical corrections. Methods: Twenty university students with myopia (-1.00 to -6.50D Sph. with astigmatism up to 1.50 cyl) were enrolled and corrected by five different methods: 1) soft toric lenses; 2) spherical soft contact lenses; 3) RGP lenses; 4) best spectacle corrected visual acuity; 5) spherical equivalent spectacles. All subjects had corrected vision acuity of 20/20 or better. Contrast sensitivity and disability glare were measured using the OPTEC 6500 contrast sensitivity view-in tester included the EyeView Functional Vision Analysis software at photopic or mesopic conditions with glare. Results: At photopic condition, best corrected spectacle wearers had the highest monocular contrast sensitivity at all spatial frequency followed by soft toric lenses, RGP lenses, spherical equivalent spectacles, and spherical soft contact lenses. However, all of them were in normal contrast sensitivity value at photopic condition. At mesopic condition with glare, toric soft lenses were the highest and followed by RGP lenses, spherical equivalent spectacles, best spectacle corrected visual acuity and spherical soft contact lenses. It was observed that spherical soft contact lens wearers demonstrated lower range than normal contrast sensitivity value at mesopic condition with glare. Conclusion: Toric soft lenses gave better visual performance than spherical soft lenses in low astigmatic eyes. Subjects requiring the use of contact lenses under mesophic conditions could benefit from toric soft lenses.

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A Study for the visibility and disability glare's appraisals of the Line Lighting System (라인조명시스템의 시인성과 글레어 평가를 위한 기초 연구)

  • Seok, Dae-Il;Kim, Won-Sik;Lee, Mi-Ae;Kim, Hoon
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of IIIuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers Conference
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    • 2008.05a
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    • pp.199-201
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    • 2008
  • 도로조명에서 시인성과 글레어는 안전과 직결된 매우 중요한 사항이다. 본 논문에서는 낮은 위치에 설치되는 라인조명 방식과 가로등 조명 방식의 시인성과 글레어 영향을 비교평가하기 위한 시험실을 구성하였다. 이 후 피험자들을 선발하여 예비시험을 거친 후 본 시험을 실시할 예정이다.

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An Assessment of disability glare's impact by road lighting luminaire installed at the guardrail (난간에 설치되는 도로조명기구에 의한 불능글레어의 영향 평가)

  • Seok, Dae-Il;Yoon, Jae-Jung;Lee, Mi-Ae;Kim, Hoon
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of IIIuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers Conference
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    • 2008.10a
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    • pp.141-144
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    • 2008
  • 도로의 난간에 설치되는 조명기구에 의한 불능글레어의 영향을 가로등 조명방식과 비교, 평가하고 글레어 규제를 위한 적정 휘도 범위를 알아내기 위한 시험을 수행하였다. 실내에 시험실을 구축하고, 글레어 유무 시 휘도대비식별역의 변화를 평가하였다. 글레어 광원에 의한 망막조도가 증가하고, 좁은 시야 각 내에 글레어 광원이 존재하면 휘도대비식별역이 증가하였다. 그리고 낮은 위치에 설치되더라도 시야에서 벗어나 있다면 가로등 조명방식에 비해 불능글레어의 영향이 적은 것으로 나타났다.

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