NF EN ISO 15008
Roads vehicles - Ergonomic aspects of transport information and control systems - Specifications and test procedures for in-vehicle visual presentation
ISO 15008:2009 specifies minimum requirements for the image quality and legibility of displays containing dynamic (changeable) visual information presented to the driver of a road vehicle by on-board transport information and control systems (TICS) used while the vehicle is in motion. These requirements are intended to be independent of display technologies, while reference to test methods and measurements for assessing compliance with them have been included where necessary.ISO 15008:2009 is applicable to mainly perceptual, and some basic cognitive, components of the visual information, including character legibility and colour recognition. It is not applicable to other factors affecting performance and comfort such as coding, format and dialogue characteristics, or to displays using characters presented as a part of a symbol or pictorial information, superimposed information on the external field (e.g. head-up displays), pictorial images (e.g. rear view camera), maps and topographic representations (e.g. those for setting navigation systems), or quasi-static information.
ISO 15008:2009 specifies minimum requirements for the image quality and legibility of displays containing dynamic (changeable) visual information presented to the driver of a road vehicle by on-board transport information and control systems (TICS) used while the vehicle is in motion. These requirements are intended to be independent of display technologies, while reference to test methods and measurements for assessing compliance with them have been included where necessary.
ISO 15008:2009 is applicable to mainly perceptual, and some basic cognitive, components of the visual information, including character legibility and colour recognition. It is not applicable to other factors affecting performance and comfort such as coding, format and dialogue characteristics, or to displays using
- characters presented as a part of a symbol or pictorial information,
- superimposed information on the external field (e.g. head-up displays),
- pictorial images (e.g. rear view camera),
- maps and topographic representations (e.g. those for setting navigation systems), or
- quasi-static information.
ISO 15008:2003 gives minimum specifications for the image quality and legibility of displays containing dynamic (changeable) visual information presented to the driver of a road vehicle by an on-board transport information and control system (TICS) used while the vehicle is in motion. These specifications are intended to be independent of display technologies, while test methods and measurements for assessing compliance with them have been included where necessary. ISO 15008:2003 is applicable to mainly perceptual, and some basic cognitive, components of the visual information: these include character legibility and colour recognition. It is not applicable to other factors affecting performance and comfort such as coding, format and dialogue characteristics, nor to displays using the following: superimposed information on the external field (e.g. head-up displays), pictorial images (e.g. closed-circuit TV for reversing), maps and topographic representations (e.g. those for setting navigation systems), static information (e.g. control labels, telltales).
ISO 15008:2017 specifies minimum requirements for the image quality and legibility of displays containing dynamic (changeable) visual information presented to the driver of a passenger car by on-board transport information and control systems (TICS) used while the vehicle is in motion. Heavy vehicles are excluded for the requirements of contrast and font size since these chapters reference ISO 4513 which is only applicable for passenger vehicles. These requirements are intended to be independent of display technologies. Reference to test methods and measurements for assessing compliance with them have been included where necessary. ISO 15008:2017 is applicable mainly to perceptual, and some basic cognitive, components of the visual information, including character legibility and colour recognition. It is not applicable to other factors affecting performance and comfort, such as coding, format and dialogue characteristics, or to displays using: - characters presented as a part of a symbol or pictorial information (e.g.CD symbol); - superimposed information on the external field (e.g. head-up displays); - pictorial images (e.g. rear view camera); - maps and topographic representations (e.g. those for setting navigation systems); or - quasi-static information (e.g. AM/PM, km/miles, kPa/PSI, On/Off information).
- Avant-proposiv
- Introductionv
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1 Domaine d'application1
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2 Références normatives1
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3 Termes et définitions2
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4 Exigences et méthodes de mesure5
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4.1 Généralités5
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4.2 Position d'observation du montage et plage d'éclairement5
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4.3 Éclairement lumineux de l'afficheur, contraste minimal, luminance et polarité8
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4.4 Combinaisons de couleurs10
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4.5 Dimensions des caractères alphanumériques11
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4.6 Format de caractères des matrices de points12
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4.7 Reflets et éblouissement14
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4.8 Caractéristiques de présentation14
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4.9 Afficheurs d'information redondante15
- Annexe A (normative) Définition et mesure des dimensions des caractères16
- Annexe B (informative) Combinaison de couleurs18
- Bibliographie19
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