Journal of Korean Society of Transportation (대한교통학회지)

Korean Society of Transportation (대한교통학회)
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Impact of Visual Performance on Recognition of Road and Traffic Sign

도로명판 및 교통표지판 인지에 미치는 시기능의 영향

  • 추병선 (뉴사우스웨일즈대학교 검안학.시과학학과)
  • Received : 2010.10.31
  • Accepted : 2010.12.31
  • Published : 2011.02.28
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the legibility distance for traffic road sign and traffic sign, fixation duration and number of fixation during the time of recognition of traffic road signs under different vision conditions. This experiment was conducted on a closed-road circuit which has realistic driving road and environment Each participant drove the real vehicle for the experiment and specially built traffic road sign for the experiment and traffic road signs on the side of closed-road circuit were used. Different vision conditions were simulated using spectacle lenses to reach visual acuity 1.0 and 0.8 and it was 1.2 without spectacles and each participant tested under 3 vision conditions.. The result of this study demonstrated that there was a significant difference on legibility distance between visual acuity of 1.2 and 0.8 and there were also significant difference on fixation duration and number of fixations with smaller traffic signs. This study demonstrated the importance of vision correction for driving at night-time, also showed there would be difference on legibility distance and efficiency of eye movement such as fixation duration and number of fixation despite of satisfied visual acuity for driver's license requirement.

본 연구의 목적은 서로 다른 시력조건하에서 도로명판과 도로표지판에 대한 판독거리와 판독시 안구의 움직임 (응시시간, 응시수)에 대한 측정을 수행하였다. 실험은 실제 도로상황과 유사한 환경을 가진 폐쇄순환도로에서 피실험자가 실제 차량을 운전하면서 실시되었으며, 실험을 위하여 규격에 맞게 제작되어진 도로명판과, 도로 양옆에 위치해 있는 실제 교통표지판 (도로명판, 속도제한 표지판)을 이용하였다. 시력조건은 안경렌즈를 이용하여, 시력이 1.2인 조건과 1.0 그리고 0.8의 조건을 구현하였으며, 각 실험자가 3가지의 시력 조건에 대해 실험을 수행하였다. 시력조건이 1.2 인 경우와 0.8인경우의 판독거리는 유의한 수준의 차이를 보였으며, 응시시간과 응시수는 표지판의 크기가 작은 경우에 시력조건별 차이를 보였다. 본 연구의 결과는 운전에 있어서 시력 교정의 중요성을 보여주었으며, 운전면허 기준시력을 넘는다고 해도 시력의 정도에 따라 판독거리, 그리고 판독시 안구운동의 효율성에서 차이를 보일 수 있다.

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