Visual accessibility of ramps and steps
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Visual accessibility of ramps and steps.
The visual accessibility of a space refers to the effectiveness with which vision can be used to travel safely through the space. For people with low vision, the detection of steps and ramps is an important component of visual accessibility. We used ramps and steps as visual targets to examine the interacting effects of lighting, object geometry, contrast, viewing distance, and spatial resoluti...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Vision
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1534-7362
DOI: 10.1167/10.11.8