A Review on the Development of Subjective Evaluation of Visual Fatigue
Feng Yong1#*, Zhu Shufeng2,3, Chen Fei1#
1(Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, China) 2(Hangzhou Ren-ai Hearing Rehabilitation Research Centre, Hangzhou 310000, China) 3(Shenzhen Yiting Health Science and Technology Ltd., Shenzhen 518102, Guangdong, China)
Abstract：Visual fatigue is very common in the contemporary life, which not only reduces our visual efficiency, but may also cause diseases of eyes, head, neck or shoulders, as well as psychological problems. Therefore, the measurement of visual fatigue has always been an important part of research in visual ergonomics and clinical ophthalmology. In order to break through the bottleneck problems of standards, reliability and consuming time in the subjective measurement of visual fatigue, this paper first reviewed massive studies on this topic in the past 30 years, dividing subjective measures into three categories: the classic, professional and new types of scales according to the design and parameter characteristics, followed by the introduction of the current statuses. Then, the features as well as advantages and disadvantages of the mainstream scales were discussed in depth, with emphasis on the bottleneck problems. Detailed and specific suggestions as well as some exploratory proposals on further development were proposed, such as integrating objective parameters, intelligent adaptation for items, visual scene expansions and system integration. At last, some trends and new directions for the research on subjective measurement of visual fatigue were envisaged for future.
冯永, 朱淑丰, 陈霏. 视疲劳主观测量研究发展综述[J]. 中国生物医学工程学报, 2021, 40(5): 597-607.
Feng Yong, Zhu Shufeng, Chen Fei. A Review on the Development of Subjective Evaluation of Visual Fatigue. Chinese Journal of Biomedical Engineering, 2021, 40(5): 597-607.
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