Effects of taillight shape on conspicuity of vehicles at night.
Effects of taillight shape on conspicuity of vehicles at night.
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DOI：
10.1016/j.apergo.2021.103361
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发表时间：
2021-01
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Shijian Luo;Huang Lin;Yuqi Hu
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作者：
Shijian Luo;Huang Lin;Yuqi Hu
车辆尾灯的形状提供了一个重要的照明信号，使车辆能够在夜间从后方看到，从而防止追尾事故。本研究旨在探讨汽车尾灯造型对车辆醒目性的影响，并提出符合人体工程学的尾灯造型方案，以供汽车设计师和制造商参考。两个互补的实验进行了检查三种类型的尾灯形状在三个设计水平。第一个实验的目的是调查的检测速度的驱动程序和固定的持续时间和固定计数领先车辆不同的尾灯形状的基础上，眼动跟踪方法。实验二是基于视觉搜索任务，考察了尾随驾驶员对不同尾灯形状的领先车辆的动态视觉搜索性能。实验结果表明，长线形尾灯（条形灯）是提高车辆醒目性的最佳人机工程学解决方案。具有封闭轮廓形尾灯的车辆比具有开放轮廓形尾灯的车辆更突出。此外，驾驶员的经验和性别以及车辆观察者的距离被发现与车辆的醒目性密切相关，因此，车辆设计师在应用特定的尾灯形状设计时必须考虑。这项研究提供了深入了解尾灯的形状设计，不仅有助于车辆设计师或制造商在提高车辆的安全性，但也使潜在的车辆购买者选择一个安全的照明系统。
Taillight shape in a vehicle provides an essential lighting signal that enables the vehicle to be seen from the rear at night, thereby preventing rear-end crashes. This study aims to investigate the effects of taillight shape on vehicle conspicuity, and proposes ergonomic taillight shape solutions to vehicle designers and manufacturers. Two complementary experiments were conducted to examine three types of taillight shapes at three design levels. The first experiment was designed to investigate the detection speed of a driver and the fixation duration and fixation counts on leading vehicles with different taillight shapes, based on an eye-tracking methodology. The second experiment was designed to investigate the dynamic visual searching performance of a trailing driver for leading vehicles with different taillight shapes, based on a visual search task. The experimental results indicated that a long line-shaped taillight (striplight) was the optimal ergonomic solution for enhancing vehicle conspicuity. Vehicles with an enclosed contour-shaped taillight were more salient than those with an open contour-shaped taillight. Moreover, the experience and gender of the driver and the vehicle–observer distance were found to be closely related to vehicle conspicuity, and therefore, must be considered by vehicle designers when applying a specific taillight shape design. This study provides insights into the taillight shape design that not only aid vehicle designers or manufacturers in enhancing vehicle safety but also enable potential vehicle buyers to choose a safe lighting system.