新型显示器件进展

介绍了有源（光发射）和无源（光反射）显示器件－气体－电子－荧光粉显示，冷阴极场致发射矩阵平板显示、电泳成像显示和电化学显示器件等的发展情况。     

基于视差与分层渲染的立体显示效果评价研究

本文在充分分析国内外立体显示技术评价方法的基础上,提出了利用视差和分层渲染的方法进行立体显示效果的评价,结果表明其对于自由立体显示评价可以得到较明确的分析结果,最后对研究前景进行了必要的探讨。     

Review Paper: A critical review of the present and future prospects for electronic paper

Abstract— The commercial success of monochrome electronic paper (e‐Paper) is now propelling the development of next‐generation flexible, video, and color e‐Paper products. Unlike the early battles in the 1980s and 1990s between transmissive and emissive display technologies, there is a extraordinary diversity of technologies vying to become the next generation of e‐Paper. A critical review of all major e‐Paper technologies, including a technical breakdown of the performance limitations based on device physics and commentary on possible future breakthroughs, is presented. In addition, the visual requirements for color e‐Paper are provided and compared to standards used in conventional print. It is concluded that researchers have much work remaining in order to bridge the significant gap between reflective electronic displays and print‐on‐paper.     

Advanced methods for displays and remote control of robots

An in-depth evaluation of the usability and situation awareness performance of different displays and destination controls of robots are presented. In two experiments we evaluate the way information is presented to the operator and assess different means for controlling the robot. Our study compares three types of displays: a “blocks” display, a HUD (head-up display), and a radar display, and two types of controls: touch screen and hand gestures. The HUD demonstrated better performance when compared to the blocks display and was perceived to have greater usability compared to the radar display. The HUD was also found to be more useful when the operation of the robot was more difficult, i.e., when using the hand-gesture method. The experiments also pointed to the importance of using a wide viewing angle to minimize distortion and for easier coping with the difficulties of locating objects in the field of view margins. The touch screen was found to be superior in terms of both objective performance and its perceived usability. No differences were found between the displays and the controllers in terms of situation awareness. This research sheds light on the preferred display type and controlling method for operating robots from a distance, making it easier to cope with the challenges of operating such systems.     

Evaluation of acoustic beacon characteristics for navigation tasks

The goal of the present study was to investigate the human factors issues related to acoustic beacons used for auditory navigation. Specific issues addressed were: (1) the effect of various beacon characteristics on human accuracy in turning toward the direction of the acoustic beacon; (2) the difference between real and virtual environments on human accuracy in turning toward the acoustic beacon; and (3) the perceived sound quality of various acoustic beacons. Three experiments were conducted in which acoustic beacons were presented in a background of 80 dBA pink noise. Results of the localization tasks revealed that (a) presentation mode (continuous versus pulsed beacon sound) did not affect the overall localization accuracy or number of front-back confusion errors; and (b) the type of acoustic beacon affected the size of localization error. Results of the sound quality assessment indicated that listeners had definite preferences regarding the type of sound being used as a beacon, with (a) non-speech beacons preferred over speech beacons, (b) a beacon repetition rate of 1.1 rps preferred over either the 0.7 or 2.5 rps rates, and (c) a continuous operation of a beacon preferred over a pulsed operation. Finally, sound quality ratings and localization errors were highly negatively correlated. This finding demonstrates the usefulness and practical values of sound quality judgements for audio display design and evaluation.     

Impact of speech presentation level on cognitive task performance: implications for auditory display design

Speech displays and verbal response technologies are increasingly being used in complex, high workload environments that require the simultaneous performance of visual and manual tasks. Examples of such environments include the flight decks of modern aircraft, advanced transport telematics systems providing in-vehicle route guidance and navigational information and mobile communication equipment in emergency and public safety vehicles. Previous research has established an optimum range for speech intelligibility. However, the potential for variations in presentation levels within this range to affect attentional resources and cognitive processing of speech material has not been examined previously. Results of the current experimental investigation demonstrate that as presentation level increases within this ‘optimum’ range, participants in high workload situations make fewer sentence-processing errors and generally respond faster. Processing errors were more sensitive to changes in presentation level than were measures of reaction time. Implications of these findings are discussed in terms of their application for the design of speech communications displays in complex multi-task environments.     

Measurement methods for LCoS displays

Abstract— Two measurement methods to characterize uniformity and the absolute cell gap of LCoS images will be reviewed. These are simple to use in a production environment and have allowed major improvements in manufacture to be achieved. For the purpose of this paper, the liquid‐crystal mode used is the 45° normally black mode.     

Display-control stereotype strength of left- and right-handers

Many aspects of the performance of left and right handed persons have been reported. It is generally found that (a) Performance of left-handers, when the workplace is set up according to their handedness, is as good as that of right-handers when using their preferred hand. (b) When using the non-preferred hand, left-handers performance is generally superior to that of right-handers, possibly due to their having had to adapt to a right-handed world. There has been little reported research on the difference of stereotype strength or expectancies of device operation for right- and left handers. This paper reports such research using a set of rotational and translational controls with displays in four different locations relative to the operator. It is found that there was no significant effect of handedness of the participant for horizontally-moving displays and left- and right-handers were equivalent in performance. For vertically-moving displays there were effects of handedness through interaction with controls and display location. Some conditions showed non-equivalence of left and right-handedness in stereotype strength.Relevance to industryAbout 10% of people are left-handed, yet live in a world that is largely designed for right-handers. Experiments are reported to show that, for many combinations of control and displays, there is no significant effect of handedness on stereotype strength.     

Contrast of displays on the retina

Abstract— When the eye projects an image on the retina, contrast degradation takes place because of stray light in the eye. This letter shows that for a 24 × 18° display, the maximum achievable retinal contrast for a 4 × 4 checkerboard image is approximately 80:1 for young persons, going down to approximately 37:1 for a 70‐year‐old person. This information is important for both display consumers and manufacturers because it puts the display contrast specification into perspective and may affect the contrast design target of a display system.