Evaluation of information visual load on the car driver
https://doi.org/10.31089/1026-9428-2020-60-2-136-140
Abstract
Working conditions for drivers of vehicles are a health and safety concern. For hygienic and physiological assessment of real visual loads on a car driver, a method for simultaneous recording of information visual load (IVL) and heart rate has been developed and tested in situ. We used publicly available devices — a car DVR and a wrist pulse monitor. An example of timesynchronized recordings of the IVL stream and pulse is given. The efficiency of the method is shown and the correlation of video fragments and pulsogram to R = 0.4 (moderate on the Cheddock scale) is established. The systematization of factors of working conditions (external and internal in cabin at the workplace) that affect the perception of IVL is outlined. The results of the work are applicable for the hygienic assessment of the working conditions of vehicle drivers, when IVL is a leading factor in working conditions and workload, in order to prevent fatigue and traffic accidents.
About the Authors
E. I. Denisov
Izmerov Research Institute of Оccupational Health
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Eduard I. Denisov - Chief Researcher of the Department for the Study of Hygienic Problems in Occupational Medicine, Dr. of Sci. (Biol.), Professor.
31, Budennogo Ave., Moscow, 105275
I. V. Stepanyan
Institute of Engineering Science named after A.A. Blagonravov
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ivan V. Stepanyan
4, Malyj Khariton’evskij lane, Moscow, 101000
M. S. Melnik
Izmerov Research Institute of Оccupational Health
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Maksim S. Melnik
31, Budennogo Ave., Moscow, 105275
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Denisov E.I., Stepanyan I.V., Melnik M.S. Evaluation of information visual load on the car driver. Russian Journal of Occupational Health and Industrial Ecology. 2020;(2):136-140. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31089/1026-9428-2020-60-2-136-140
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