Transient glare reduces the perceived brightness for stimulus luminances within the scotopic-mesopic range. This work studies this effect in myopic observers with lens and spectacles corrections and in one emmetrope. The task of the subject consists of compare brightness of two uniform luminance fields sequentially displayed, one of which had a reference luminance of 1 cd/m2. The reference stimulus was presented under glare condition the angle between the glare source and the lie of sight was 10 degrees. The reference field and he glare source were onset at the same time. Subjects had to report which field was brighter with respect to one another. A YES-NO method with constant stimulus was adopted to determine the perceptual matching luminance. Then duration of each stimulus was 300 msec and the interval between both of them was 1.2 msec. We found the effect of the transient glare is stronger as myopic subjects wear glasses corrections than they wear contact lens and the effect is even less for emmetropic subject with the naked eyes. Results could be explained considering an additional ectoptic light veil due to scattering on the glasses and lens.
This paper proposes a quantitative method for evaluation of disability glare, considering a scotopic-mesopic range and transient glare. Subjects had to compare brightness of two uniform luminance fields sequentially displayed, one of which was presented under glare conditions. The observer reported which field was brighter with respect to one another. A forced choice paradigm using the method of constant stimuli was adopted to determine the luminance corresponding to the perceptual matching luminance. The results show a non linear effect of the glare illuminance on the matching luminance and a non significant dependence with the luminance reference. We propose an empirical equation to calculate the glare effect. Scattered light can explain the results considering simultaneous contrast.
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