ASSESSMENT OF DAYLIT GLARE PARAMETERS WITH IMAGING LUMINANCE MEASURING DEVICES (ILMD) AND
IMAGE PROCESSING Porsch, Tobias; Schmidt, Franz
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Outline
• What is the aim of this study?• Prior studies & applications
– Veiling glare-spread function (Lv)
– Threshold Increment (TI)
– UGR (Unified Glare Rating)
• Theoretical & practical realisation– Vertical illuminance (Ev)
– Positioning index (p)
– Threshold luminance
– Calculating the Daylight Glare Probability (DGP)
• Tests and verification• Conclusion
Aim
Prior studies & apps
Realisation
Tests
Conclusion
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What is the aim of this study?• Developing an easy to use tool for the assessment of discomfort glare
parameters based on imaging luminance measuring devices (ILMD)
Used hardware:LMK mobile advanced(Canon EOS 450D qualified for measuring luminances)
circular Fisheye lens(Sigma F2.8/4.5mm EX DC)
Used software:LMK LabSoft(luminance image analysis software)
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Prior studies & apps
Realisation
Tests
Conclusion
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Prior studies & applications
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Theoretical & practical realisation
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Aim
Prior studies & apps
Realisation
Tests
Conclusion
• Most glare indexes bases on classified ‘glare’ luminances LS(ϑ,ϕ) related to its spatial positions (ϑ,ϕ), to its solid angles ΩS and to the state of adaptation of the subject’s eye – i.e. the ambient luminance LA or there caused vertical illuminance EV.
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Theoretical & practical realisation
Aim
Prior studies & apps
Realisation
Tests
Conclusion
• The first task in using ILMDs is to evaluate luminances “as seen” in the image – using high dynamic range algorithms
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absolute calibration
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Theoretical & practical realisation
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Realisation
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Conclusion
• The second approach is to combine the luminance information with the position information of the measured luminance values for extracting additional relevant information – geometrical adjustment.
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Theoretical & practical realisation
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• The result of the performed geometrical adjustment and calculation is an index image for the solid angle increment of each pixel:
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Theoretical & practical realisation
• The Position Index P is calculated according to the proposal of the IES for the visual field above and the equations by Iwata and Tokata for the visual field below the line of sight. Aim
Prior studies & apps
Realisation
Tests
Conclusion
• The main focus at the current state of our studies was on the measurement of the Daylight Glare Probability (DGP) by Wienold.
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Theoretical & practical realisation
Aim
Prior studies & apps
Realisation
Tests
Conclusion
• The DGP requires to indicate a luminance threshold level which is needed to define light sources in the field of view as a glare sources or rather as a part of the background.
• Three principle methods were tested:• using the average luminance of
the entire image multiplied by factor x (x = 4)
• using a task zone area for averaging a threshold luminance
• analysing the luminance histogram of the entire image to adjust the threshold level as proposed by Wolf for the UGR assessment
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Theoretical & practical realisation
Aim
Prior studies & apps
Realisation
Tests
Conclusion
• To perform all steps before and inside the calculation formula for the DGP a MS Excel based user interface is used. This front-end has direct access to LMK LabSoft image analysis software, via ActiveX.
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Theoretical & practical realisation
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Prior studies & apps
Realisation
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Conclusion
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Tests and verification
Aim
Prior studies & apps
Realisation
Tests
Conclusion
• The major possibility to establish a measurement series for comparisons of the calculated DGP was given with the use of the ‘evalglare’ tool.
• In a first step a software tool was created to convert the 4 byte luminance image format *.pf into 4 byte RGB *.pic format for the Radiance image viewer tool.
• In the next step the ‘evalglare’ tool was used to perform the glare analysis:
>> evalglare -d -c %str%_small.pic -y %str%_small.pic
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Tests and verification
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Prior studies & apps
Realisation
Tests
Conclusion
• Simultaneously to the High-Dynamic luminance capturing a comparison measurement for the vertical illuminance with a Luxmeter was made.
• The comparison of the results shows a high correlation of the vertical illuminance for both:– Luxmeter and luminance image calculation
the used solid angle correction is reliable– Luxmeter and the ‘evalglare’ calculation
the image conversion is correct– additionally the correlation of the average
luminances is high
the image conversion is correct
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Tests and verification
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Tests and verification
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Realisation
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Conclusion
• The comparison of the calculated DGP results shows also a high correlation.
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Tests and verification
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Prior studies & apps
Realisation
Tests
Conclusion
• Case study: situation number 6 shows a higher mismatch of the DGP result can be found.
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Conclusion
Aim
Prior studies & apps
Realisation
Tests
Conclusion
ILMDs are mainly used for the assessment of glare values. This is currently state of the art and commonly used in a wide field of scientific researches, concerning this topic.
Simplifying the workaround by implementing heuristic identified formulas into image processing algorithms can be a solution for non-experts to identify glare values under real environment conditions.
Problems:• High contrasts between ambient and glare source do generate
scattered light effects in the imaging system of the ILMD• software scattered light correction (available)• use of optimized imaging systems (available)
• Geometrical and photometrical imaging resolution• mostly very small glare sources dependance of the glare
value from the geometrical resolution
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