Effects of Aging and Display Contrast on the Legibility of Characters on Mobile Phone Screens

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Title

Effects of Aging and Display Contrast on the Legibility of Characters on Mobile Phone Screens

Subject

character size
elderly person
LCD
visibility

Description

Nowadays, mobile phones are very popular in the world. The use of text email with short message service (SMS) is spreading. In this study, we evaluated the legibility of characters on the liquid crystal displays of mobile phones. When characters are small, younger people assure readability by shortening the viewing distance. However, elderly people find it far more difficult to see small characters. Moreover, legibility deteriorates as the contrast of display becomes lower.

Creator

Hasegawa, Satoshi
Miyao, Masaru
Matsunuma, Shohei
Fujikake, Kazuhiro
Omori, Masako

Source

International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM); Vol. 2 No. 4 (2008); pp. 7-12
1865-7923

Publisher

International Association of Online Engineering (IAOE), Vienna, Austria

Date

2008-09-30

Rights

Copyright (c) 2017 Satoshi Hasegawa, Masaru Miyao, Shohei Matsunuma, Kazuhiro Fujikake, Masako Omori

Relation

Format

application/pdf

Language

eng

Type

info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Identifier

Citation

Satoshi Hasegawa et al., Effects of Aging and Display Contrast on the Legibility of Characters on Mobile Phone Screens, International Association of Online Engineering (IAOE), Vienna, Austria, 2008, accessed November 23, 2024, https://igi.indrastra.com/items/show/866

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