43‐4: Revisiting Lighting Standards for Critical Viewing Tasks. Issue 1 (May 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Miller, Michael E.; Shorter, Patrick
• Is Part Of: Digest of technical papers. Volume 47:Issue 1(2016)
• Page Start: 588
• Page End: 591
• Publication Date: 2016-05
• Subjects: Lighting -- Contrast -- Alertness -- Human Performance; Information display systems -- Congresses; 621.3815422
• DOI: 10.1002/sdtp.10746
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0097-966X

Abstract

Abstract : With the adoption of electronic displays for critical viewing tasks, lighting environments were specified to minimize the reflection of ambient light from the display, maximizing display contrast and user performance. While these standards were necessary for early CRT displays, they have remained relatively unchanged despite adoption of replacement display technologies. Increased awareness of the intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cell (ipRGC) pathways and their impact on operator circadian rhythms, alertness, and other nonimage forming vision (NIF) processes, raises serious question about whether these lighting standards optimize user performance as originally intended or require serious revision.