Road vehicles — Er g onomic aspects oftransport This document spe ifies minimum r q ir ment for the imag e q alty an legibi ty of display s containing dynamic chang ea le visual informat
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Vé icule s ro tiers — Aspects e g n miques des système s de
comma de et d’infrmation de s tra sport — S écifications et mode s
o ératoire s p ur la présentation visue lle à b rd du v hicule
T ir d edition
2 17-0
Reference n mb r
ISO 1 0 8:2 17(E)
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Introduction v
1 Sc ope 1
2 Nor mati ve r eferenc es 1
3 Terms and definitions 1
4 Req irements and me sur ement metho s 4
4.1 General 4
4.2 Desig n view ing p sition an i umination r ang e 5
4.2.1 Desig n viewing p sition 5
4.2.2 I lumination r ang e 7
4.3 Displa y i umination, minimum contr ast , luminanc an p larity 7
4.3.1 Displa y i umination 7
4.3.2 Minimum contr as ratio 7
4.3.3 Displa y mode 1
4.4 Colour combinations 1
4.5 A lphanume ical char acte dimensions 1
4.5.1 General 1
4.5.2 Height 1
4.5.3 Width b height ratio: Prop rtion ofthe typefac 1
4.5.4 Str oke width b height r atio:Weight of the typefac 1
4.5.5 Sp cing 1
4.5.6 C se 1
4.6 Pixel matrix characte format 14
4.6.1 Up e an lowe case of alphan me ic L tin, Gr eek, Cyri ic characte s 14
4.6.2 Automotive symb ls 1
4.6.3 Non-L tin char acte s 1
4.7 Refle tions an glar e 1
4.8 Characte istics of pr esentation 1
4.8.1 Imag e ins a i ty 1
4.8.2 Imag e flashing 1
4.9 Red n ant information displa ys 1
A nne x A (normative) Definitio and me sur ement of characte dimensio s 18
A nne x B (informative)Colo r combinations 20
A nne x C (informative) Terminolog y of typog raphic terms and visual dictio ar y 21
Biblog raphy 25
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This third edition canc ls an r plac sthe se on edition (ISO 1 0 8:2 0 ), w hich has be n t ech icaly
r vised with the folowing chang es:
— Introd ction was modif ied;
— S o e was modified (hea y vehiclesp rtly ex clu ed);
— t es con itions for dir ct unl ght ha e be n chang ed;
— charact er height was modif ied;
— charact er pro ortion was modified;
— charact er weight c it erion was modified;
— int er haract er spacing was modified;
— word sp cing was modif ied;
— a new subclause on t ext casewasad ed;
— thesubclause on charact er outlnes was modif ied;
— a new subclause on charact er shadows wasad ed;
— thesubclause on Non-R oman t ext was modif ied an r named Non-L tin
Trang 5Driving is a complex task r q iring contin ous al ocation of att entional r sour es t o b th driving
an non-driving tasks Be ause of this, driving is an int eractive b lanc betwe n co nitive, phy sical,
somat osensory, visual an psychomot or ski ls
Drive an vehicle form an int egrat ed syst em that inclu es the environment, vehicle controls, an
display s cole tively defined as the transport information and control sy st ems (TICS) Sinc driving
is an int eractive sy st ems activity, vehicle charact eris ics in combination with h man ca a i ties
cons itut e imp rtant act ors in the pe formanc of this TIC sy st em
In orde t o achieve o timal drive pe formanc , the purp se of TICS is t o sup ort drive s in their
primary task such that pe formanc , comfort an safety ar inc eased and o e al drive worklo d is
not neg tively influenc d b the use of TICS One set of fact ors influencing this proc s inv lves the
charact eris ics of visual display s Spe if ical y, those aspe t of display s designed t o ac ommodat e
h man ca a i ities, the rang e of i lumination con itions and location of the displa with r spe t
t o the driver This is espe ialy imp rtant sinc visual spe if ications mus inclu e a wide rang e of
environmental con itions an cons itut e only one ne es ary con ition for adeq at e pe formanc ,
comfort an worklo d The purpose of this document is t o s an ardiz visual pr sentation
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This document spe ifies minimum r q ir ment for the imag e q alty an legibi ty of display s
containing dynamic (chang ea le) visual information pr sent ed t o the drive of a p s eng er car b
on-b ard transp rt information an control sy st ems (TICS) used w hie the vehicle is in motion Hea y
vehicles ar ex clu ed for the r q ir ment of contras an font siz sinc these cha t ers r fe enc
ISO 45 3 w hich is only a pl ca le for p s eng er vehicles These r q ir ment ar int en ed t o be
in epen ent of displa t ech olo ies R efe enc t o t es methods an measur ment for as es ing
complanc with them ha e be n inclu ed w he e ne es ary
This document is a pl ca le mainly to pe c ptual, an some b sic co nitive, component of the
visual information, inclu ing characte legibi ity an colour r co nition It is not a pl ca le to othe
factors afe ting pe formanc and comfort, such as coding, format and dialo ue characte is ics, or to
displa s using:
— charact ers pr sent ed as a p rt of a symb l or pict orial information (e.g.CD symbol);
— supe imposed information on the ext ernal f ield (e.g head-up display s);
— pict orial imag es (e.g r ar view came a);
— ma san t op gra hic r pr sentations (e.g those for set ing na ig tion sy st ems); or
— q asi-s atic information (e.g AM/PM, km/ mies, k a PSI, On/Of information)
2 Normati ve r eferences
The folowing document ar r fe r d t o in the t ext in such a wa that some or al of their cont ent
cons itut es r q ir ment of this document F or dat ed r fe enc s, only the edition cit ed a ples F or
un at ed r fe enc s, the lat es edition of the r fe enc d document ( inclu ing any amen ment ) a ples
ISO 45 3, Ro d vehicles — Vi s ibi t y — Meth d fr es ta li shment o eyel ps es fr dri ve ’s eye loc atio
CIE 8 :1 89, S lar s pec tral ir adia ce
SAE J1 5 / 1:2 1 , Sta dard Metrolo y fr Vehic ular Di s pla s
CIE S 0 7 E:2 1 ILV, Inte n tion l lg tin v c ab lar y
3 Terms and definitions
F or the purp ses of this document, the t erms an definitions given in CIE S 0 7 E:2 1 ILV an the
folowing a ply
ISO an IEC maintain t erminolo ical data ases for use in s an ardization at the folowing ad r s es:
— IEC Ele tro edia: a ai a le at ht p:/ www ele tro edia org
— ISO Onlne brow sing platorm: a aia le at ht p:/ www iso org o p
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adjus ment of the eye’s sensitivity t o the brig tnes s (3.2) ofthe o se ved visual field b chemical an
phy sical proc s es within the eye
Not e 1t o entry: Dark adaptation oc ur at a slower rate than do s light adaptation
low
Not e 2 to entry: Terms an def initions related to p ot ometric q antities (e.g iluminance, luminance, luminance
contrast an saturation) are given in CIE S 0 7/E:2 1 ILV In CIE S 0 7/E:2 1 ILV, it is refer ed as luminance
cyclo e n eyelipse
el iptical v lume combining the lef an the right eyel ps e (3.1 ) of the drive int o one single v lume
locat ed in the c ntr betwe n them
3.7
day co ditio
con ition with difuse ambient l ght
3.8
direct sunl ght co ditio
con ition un e w hich the viewing con itions ar mainly influenc d b dir ct l ght from the su on the
displa surfac
el iptical sha e of the drive eyerang e
Not e 1t o entry: As def ined in ISO 45 3
Not e 2t o entry: S e def inition of 9 th per entile eyel ipse in ISO 45 3
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3.1
flash
int en ed pe iodic v riation of the luminanc of a lght or visual information, normaly from “OF ” t o a
given v lue, ty icaly used for at racting att ention
Note 1 t o entry: Terms an def initions related t o p otometric q antities (e.g iluminance, luminance, luminance
c ontr s t r tio (3.4), saturation)are given in CIE S 0 7/E:2 1 ILV
3.12
flcker
unint en ed pe c ived t emporal v riation of the brig tnes s (3.2) of a visual s imulus, usualy g ene at ed
b r fr sh proc s of the displa cont ent or b v riation of the luminanc of the b cklght
Note 1 t o entry: Terms an def initions related t o p otometric q antities (e.g iluminance, luminance, luminance
c ontr s t r tio (3.4), saturation)are given in CIE S 0 7/E:2 1 ILV
3.13
disabi ity glare
daz l ng or disa lng efe t prod c d b a bright l ght
Note 1 t o entry: T is is a retinal efect, primarily caused by light s at er in the eye, which prod ces a luminous
veil over the retinal ima e an th s red ces contrast
3.1
dis omfort glare
dis racting or disrupting efe t of bright point our es in the field of view
Note 1t o entry: T is is a per eptualefect, interfering with visual at ention an selection
r pr sentation on plane surfac of the featur s of a con e t ed part of the earth surfac (espe ialy
of the ro d an traff ic environment), shown in their r pr sentative forms, siz s and r lationship in
ac ordanc with someconvention of r pr sentation
3.1
night co ditio
con ition of low ambient i umination un e w hich the ada tatio (3.1) level of the drive is mainly
influenc d b the p rtion of the ro d ahead co e ed b the vehicle’ s own headlght an sur oun ing
s r et l ght , an displa an ins rument brig tnes s (3.2)
Note 1t o entry: Low ambient ilumination is les than 5 lx
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c ontr s r tio (3.4), saturation)are given in CIE S 0 7/E:2 1 ILV
3.20
quasistatic informatio
<r conf igura le display s> information that has a lmit ed n mbe of s at es, w he e one or anothe s at e
is alway s displa ed an doesnot chang e fr q ently
E AMP E AM/PM, km/miles, k a PSI, on/ f information
3.21
re dabi ity
visual pro e ties of a se ies of charact ers or words that det ermine the ease with w hich they can be r ad
Not e 1t o entry: S e also le ibi t y (3.16)
3.22
redundantly presented informatio
information w hich is pr sent ed in p ralel b dife ent means or at dife ent p sitions
E AMP E 1 Spe d can b displayed in b th analo ue an digital format
E AMP E 2 T rn-by-turn navig tion can b displayed on a central display an in paralel in the instrument
<r conf igura le display s>information that does not chang e, espe ialy phy sical unit
E AMP E km, miles,k a, PSI, mp , k h
3.25
twiight co ditio
con ition betwe n nig t c onditio (3.1 )an da c ondition (3.7)
Not e 1t o entry: In twilight con ition, the set ing of the display il umination might b in day or night set ing
4 Requir ements and measur ement methods
The folowing r q ir ment shal be compled with t o ensur that imag eson the visual display s used in
on-b ard TICS eq ipment ar legible
Conformity of the pr sent ed imag es t o the r q ir ment spe ified in this document shal be t est ed at
an ambient t empe atur within the rang e of 1 °C t o 2 °C The t es shal not s art u ti the i umination
has r ached a s a le s at e The r q ir ment ar ac omp nied b s andard measur ment con itions in
t erms of ambient i uminanc and o se ve p sitions Methods for measur ment of contras shal be in
ac ordanc with SAE J1 5 / 1
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4.2.1 Desig n view ing position
The r q ir ment in this subclause ar a plca le t o display s in their ins aled vehiclelocations, as se n
from any p int in the drive eyel pses ac ording t o ISO 45 3 (for p s eng er vehicles only)
If the displa is f ix ed t o the vehicle, the r lev nt r q ir ment shal be compled with from the
r armos p int of the cyclo ean eyel ipse If the orientation of the displa is adjus a le, the displa ma
be adjust ed so that a p sition can be fou d in w hich al the r lev nt r q ir ment ar compled with
simultaneously F or dir ct sunlght con itions, the r q ir ment of contras ( e 4.3.2) shal only be
fulfil ed in the dir ction of the c itical spe ular lne (CSL) ( e Figur 1)
Stan ard default v lues for angles (45°/ 0° as an alt ernative for dir ct su l ght measur ment ar
ac epta le ( e SAE J1 5 / 1)
a) Display at right-hand side of driver
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c) Plan view
Key
3 r earmost point of the cyclope n eyelipse 5 centr e of the cyclope n eyel ipse
Figure 1 — Design viewing positio
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the o je t to be measur ed shal not exc ed 1 lx, with a relative toler anc of ± % For the measur ement
pr oc d re, se SA E J1 5 / :20 5, Ta le 1
4.2.2.3 T w ilght c onditio is r eplcated with a measur ement con ition spe ified in SA E J1 5 / :2 1 ,
4.1.2.4 an Ta le 1 The ambient lg ht measur ed on the surfac of the displa y (on the s andar d difuse
r efle tor) shal be 2 0 lx , with a r elative toleranc of ± % If the displa y seting is br ought into the
night-time setting man aly or automaticaly (e.g trig g er ed b the head lamp sw itch or a su lo d sensor), the
displa yed information shal me t the twilght r eq ir ement in 4.3.2 in thenight-time setting If the drive
can man aly chang e the setting of the displa y to a highe contrast , the measurement ma y be made in
that displa y setting
4.2.2.4 Day c ondition w ith difuse ambient lght is r eplcated with ambient lght omni-dir ectional
to the p int of measurement The ambient lght measur ed on the surfac of the displa y (on the standar d
difuse r efle tor) shal be 5 klx , with a relative toleranc of± % F r the measur ement pr oc d r e,
se SA E J1 5 / :2 1 , 4.1 an Ta le 1
4.2.2.5 Direct sunlght c onditio is r eplcated w ith a s an ar d measurement con ition T e
i uminanc at the p int of measurement shal be 45 klx , with a r elative toleranc of ± % For the
measurement pr oc d re, se SA E J1 57 1:2 1 , 4.1an Ta le 1
4.2.2.6 F r da y an dir ect su lg ht an for twilg ht con itions in the measur ement proc d r e
in ac ordanc with SA E J1 57 1, an artificial i umination sys em w ith lg ht type simiar to that of
CIE 85:1 89, Ta le 4 (± 0 %) shal be used Light sour ces with lar g e spikes in the spe trum (e.g
fluor esc nt lamps) should be a voided; metal halde lamps ar e mor e a pr opriate due to their ener g y in
the blue p rt of the spe trum The colour temperatur e is se on ary to this is ue
4.3 Display i lumination, minimum c ontrast , luminanc e and polarity
4.3.1 Display iluminatio
Due t o the ve y wide rang e of ambient i luminations that det ermine the ada tation level of the drive ,
the displa i umination should ha e a brightnes control w hich alow s adjus ment o e a suita le rang e
4.3.2 Minimum c ontrast ratio
4.3.2.1 Requir ements
The minimum contras ratio betwe n symb l an b ckgrou d shal be as folow s:
— 5:1 for night con ition;
— 3:1 for twi ght condition;
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— 2:1 for dir ct u lght con ition
This is espe ialy imp rtant if charact ers ar close t o the minimum r q ir ment for the dimensions
( e 4.5) L we contras should be ex clu ed ex cept or charact ers that ar int entionaly gr y-shaded or
desaturat ed in colour t o in icat e some inactive s atus
4.3.2.2 Characte outl ning
If suff icient contras ratio betwe n the charact er an it b ckgroun can ot be pro ided d ring
transient s at es, such as dawn an d sk con itions, ad itional means shal be a pled This can be an
outlne aroun the charact er, in w hich case, a minimum contras shal bepro ided betwe n the b dy of
the charact er/u filed ar a an it outl ne
The s roke width of the outl ne b charact er height ratio should be les than 0,04 for charact ers with
se if an les than 0,0 for charact ers without e if If the siz of a charact er is so smal that he s roke
width of the outlne would be les than 0,3 mm, an outlne should bea oided t o ensur r ada i ty ( e
Figure 2 — Outl ned character
Words or phrases writt en in outl ned u f iled charact er ( ransp r nt b dy) font should not be used
4.3.2.3 Characte shad ws
If suff icient contras ratio betwe n the charact er an it b ckgrou d can ot be pro ided, ad itional
means shal be a pl ed In lmit ed cases, this can be the use of a dark shadow or glow behin or
aroun the t ext r spe tively, as long as the t ext an it b ckgrou d can s i l maintain 7 % of the
minimum contras In these cases, the minimum contras shal be pro ided between the b dy of the
charact er/unf iled ar a and it shadow
If a shadow is used, the dir ction of the lght sour e shal be betwe n 2 ° an 1 5° from horizontal ( e
Figur 3) Text an it b ckgrou d shal not be b th dark in colour
The shadow shal not be discon e t ed from it t ext, or in othe words, the e shal be no g p betwe n
a charact er an it shadow The shadow shal not be so larg e that it hides r lev nt information in the
b ckgrou d or f il s in the insides of charact ers The shadow should be sof as it mo thly fades int o the
b ckgrou d
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ty efac , even w hen the b ld weight is used ( e Figur 4) The use of shadow s and outlnes should be
r s rict ed for use on s atic la els, non-dynamic t ext or t ext f ield titles
Figure 3 — Shadow angles
Figure 4 — Shadow in relatio to font weight
4.3.2.4 Chang ing backg r ound
If the b ckgrou d arou d the t ext or symb l is spatialy changing in luminanc or colour, minimum
contras ratio should be r ached with the wors case b ckgrou d in the ar a adjac nt t o t ext or symb l
The contras ratio shal be calculat ed from at leas two measur ment in dife ent ar as ofthe displa
If the b ckgroun is dynamic, an ad itional outlne should be a pled arou d the charact ers t o pro ide
a suff icient contras ratio ( e Figur 2) In this case, the contras ratio should be measur d between
the outlne and the b rde lne
4.3.2.5 Co trast ratio me surement
Al contras measur ment shal be car ied out at the c ntr p int of the cyclo ean eyel pse, as shown
in Figur 1 F or bench t op measur ment , s an ard v lues for angles (45°/ 0° ma be used for dir ct
su l ght measur ment ( e SAE J1 5 / 1) F or a displa in the ins rument clust er, v lues for angles
(0°/ 5° can also beused
F or matrix displa s, the measur ment shal be taken o e a cole tion ar a co e ing at leas
(3 × 3) pix els ( e Figur 5) The measur ment ac uracy wi l be r d c d if the measur ment ar a is les
than (3 × 3) pix els If the ar a of the charact er t o be measur d does not contain at leas (3 × 3) pix els or
the phot omet er sp t siz is larg er than the ar a of the charact er, f in a larg er ar a on the charact er that
has at leas (3 × 3) pix els an that a pears visualy t o ha e the same luminanc Measur this ar a
F or segment display s, the measur ment shal be taken within a single segment The diamet er of the
cole tion ar a shal be les than 8 % of the r lev nt dimension of the segment t o be measur d
During the contras measur ment, the displa luminanc should be adjust ed in the night con ition t o
“ night ma imum”an in day light or dir ct su lght con ition t o “ ma imum brightnes ” In the twi ight
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r q ir ment w hen the headlamps/ arking lamps ar in an “ON”(or activ t ed) s at e shal be pro ided
F or a common displa that delve s dife ent imag es t o a drive an p s eng ers, the contras of the
drive ’ s imag es shal be measur d with the pas eng er’ s imag e in ful y w hit e an in fuly black R eq ir d
contras shal be fulf iled in the worse con ition
NOTE An ghost ima e from d namic c os talk is not covered by this document
Key
1 colection ar ea (p otometer me sur ement spot)
2 pix l in brig ht state
3 pix l in dark state
Figure 5 — Co trast ratio me surement o matrix display s
4.3.3 Display mode
If a displa show s l ght symb ls on a dark b ckgrou d, this is caled a neg tive displa mode If dark
symb ls ar shown on a lght b ckgrou d, this is caled a positive displa mode Both displa modes ar
k own t o give satis act ory pe formanc The choic is det ermined b the a e ag e luminanc of those
ar as fr q ently viewed in seq enc The efor , neg tive displa mode should be used u de the night
con ition In da con ition, eithe ma be used, w hie taking int o ac ount the oft en dark immediat e
sur ou dings of display s in vehicles (e.g the dashb ard) F or non-shelt er d display s, positive displa
mode can be used for r d cing the visibi ity ofr fle tions On the othe han , it should be conside ed
that he r fle tions in the ca ’ s windshields d e t o p sitive displa mode on a non-shelt er d displa can
ha e an imp ct on the visibi ty on the ro d sc ne
4.4 Colour c ombinations
R eg rdles of the colour an colour combinations betwe n a symb l or charact er an it b ckgroun ,
minimum luminanc contras ratio shal be pro ided ( e 4.3.2)
F or phy siolo ical an psycholo ical r asons, not al symb l/ ackgrou d colour combinations ar
ac epta le Be a use of this, w hen sele ting colours in ful colour displa s, c rtain symb l/ ackgrou d