This document discusses various factors related to light, vision, and glare. It defines key terms used in discussions of glare, including adaptation level, task, surround, field of view, and glare source. While completely satisfactory solutions for evaluating discomfort glare have not been found, several useful theories of disability glare have been proposed, though each has some limitations. Further work is needed to develop agreed-upon methods for evaluating both disability and discomfort glare.
This document discusses various factors related to light, vision, and glare. It defines key terms used in discussions of glare, including adaptation level, task, surround, field of view, and glare source. While completely satisfactory solutions for evaluating discomfort glare have not been found, several useful theories of disability glare have been proposed, though each has some limitations. Further work is needed to develop agreed-upon methods for evaluating both disability and discomfort glare.
This document discusses various factors related to light, vision, and glare. It defines key terms used in discussions of glare, including adaptation level, task, surround, field of view, and glare source. While completely satisfactory solutions for evaluating discomfort glare have not been found, several useful theories of disability glare have been proposed, though each has some limitations. Further work is needed to develop agreed-upon methods for evaluating both disability and discomfort glare.
leacirUne to believe that there is an important difference between direct
and reflected glare, if the results are evaluated in terms of the brightness viewed by the observer, it is not necessary to state whether the brightness is/of a glare source viewed directly or of its reflected image. J 'Although it may often be possible to modify a lighting design so as to eliminate glare, even after the design has been carried out in a practical installation, usually it is simpler and less expensive to avoid the defect in the original design. For this reason illuminating engineers are working to develop satisfactory preinstallation methods of evaluating design bright- ness relationships with respect to their potential glare effect. However, glare involves physiological and psychological as well as phys- ical factors, and to determine the true relationship between the many variables under all practical conditions is a formidable task. Despite the fact that a completely satisfactory solution is not in sight, several useful theories having individual merit have been proposed. How- ever, because each of the theories is subject to some justifiable criticism, glare is considered a controversial subject and the theories should be applied carefully. Though the desirability of judging glare phenomena against disability and discomfort criteria (distinct and unrelated in concept) has been agreed upon, and the utility of the Holladay-Stiles formula for evaluating dis- ability glare has been recognized, no similar agreement has been reached on a method of evaluating discomfort glare. The following convenient definitions, though not standard, serve to increase the precision achievable in glare discussions. Unless otherwise qualified the intended meaning in this handbook is that defined. Adaptation level (B A ) that brightness of a perfectly uniform field which would result in the same state of adaptation as the practical field of view in question. Task (t)the 2-degree area imaged on the fovea which includes the object or detail to be seen and the contrasting background. Surround (s)all of the field of view not occupied by the task. Field of view (J) comprises two monocular fields represented by two solid angles approximately 90 degrees wide and 120 degrees high that com- bine to form an approximately circular binocular field subtending about 120 degrees. (See Fig. 2-21, pg. 2-26.) Glare source (g) any brightness in the field of view which causes either visual disability or a sensation of discomfort. Disability Glare Disability-glare sources, by increasing an observer's adaptation level, reduce his contrast sensitivity or the contrast between a visual task and its background, or both. The same effect is observed if .a veiling brightness is superposed uniformly on a task and background, 24
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