Recommendations for the design of digital escape route signage from an age-differentiated experimental study

Kwee-Meier, Sonja Theresa; Mertens, Alexander; Jeschke, Sabina

doi:10.1016/j.firesaf.2019.102888

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“…Olander et al [ 14 ] proved through experiments that placing a red “x” mark on the entire exit sign can convey a clear message of dissuasion. However, Kwee-Meier et al [ 22 ] thought it was dangerous to use combined prohibition–recommendation signs in the real evacuation process.…”

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The Physiological Experimental Study on the Effect of Different Color of Safety Signs on a Virtual Subway Fire Escape—An Exploratory Case Study of Zijing Mountain Subway Station

Chen

Zhao

Gao

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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Safety signs play a very important role in people’s evacuation during emergencies. In order to explore the appropriate color for subway safety signs, four safety signs of different color combinations are designed, and the virtual reality, eye-tracking technology, and physiological indicator measurement are used in a virtual subway fire escape experiment. A total of 96 participants with equal distribution in gender and four different color combination groups were recruited. Participants’ eye-tracking and physiological data (heart rate, skin conductance) were real-time recorded through ErgoLAB V3.0 in the whole experiment. The relationship between Color_of_safety_sign and escape performance, eye-tracking indicators, and physiological indicators is discussed respectively through SPSS. The results show that “Green and black” group has the best evacuation escape performance, low cognitive load, high search efficiency on safety signs, and the highest stress level and immersion and “Green and black” can be the most appropriate color for safety sign. This research is of certain significance for improving the function of subway fire-fighting infrastructure and the resilience of the metro system. Moreover, it can provide references and advice on risk management, emergency evacuation, and so on.

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The Physiological Experimental Study on the Effect of Different Color of Safety Signs on a Virtual Subway Fire Escape—An Exploratory Case Study of Zijing Mountain Subway Station

Chen

Zhao

Gao

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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“…Our technical findings help to improve the safety of buildings. The benefits of dynamic escape routing have already been proven in simulated environments with subjects (e.g., [14] by a walk test with a large display). In combination, the corresponding authorities are triggered to activities on dynamic display-based escape route systems.…”

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Reflective and bistable e-paper for smart and AI-controlled escape route signage

Blankenbach,

Mann,

Forster

et al. 2024

Advances in Display Technologies XIV

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Escape route signs provide orientation in case of emergency. However, these signs are static and guide people always in the same direction regardless of the actual situation. Dynamic escape route displays raise safety by redirecting people to an optimized route, e.g. by avoiding fire, areas with heavy smoke, congestions and blocked routes. We designed and prototyped an escape route system with the following characteristics: Use of wireless controlled e -paper displays (electrophoretic high-reflectance E Ink), fire detectors, cameras with artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms to identify the number of people in an area, persons lying on the floor, congestions (jams) and reduced visibility due to smoke and a system master controller. E-paper is bistable and therefore the default direction is always displayed even if no power is available. Thus, even if the dynamic routing system is down or not available, the safety is the same as for static signs.

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“…The use of reiterative information could produce some negative effects regarding compliance with Variable Message Signs ( Thomas and Charlton, 2020 ). In the context of evacuation signalling, Kwee-Meier et al (2019) showed that the use of prohibition added to the allowed direction created confusion and should be avoided.…”

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Signalling Three-Way Intersections: Is Redundancy Better Than Only Mandatory or Prohibitory Signs?

Vargas

Moreno-Ríos

2021

Front. Psychol.

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At intersections, drivers need to infer which ways are allowed by interpreting mandatory and/or prohibitory traffic signs. Time and accuracy in this decision-making process are crucial factors to avoid accidents. Previous studies show that integrating information from prohibitory signs is generally more difficult than from mandatory signs. In Study 1, we compare combined redundant signalling conditions to simple sign conditions at three-way intersections. In Study 2, we carried out a survey among professionals responsible for signposting to test whether common practices are consistent with experimental research. In Study 1, an experimental task was applied (n=24), and in Study 2, the survey response rate was 17%. These included the main cities in Spain such as Madrid and Barcelona. Study 1 showed that inferences with mandatory signs are faster than those with prohibitory signs, and redundant information is an improvement only on prohibitory signs. In Study 2, prohibitory signs were those most frequently chosen by professionals responsible for signposting. In conclusion, the most used signs, according to the laboratory study, were not the best ones for signposting because the faster responses were obtained for mandatory signs, and in second place for redundant signs.

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Recommendations for the design of digital escape route signage from an age-differentiated experimental study

Cited by 12 publications

References 51 publications

The Physiological Experimental Study on the Effect of Different Color of Safety Signs on a Virtual Subway Fire Escape—An Exploratory Case Study of Zijing Mountain Subway Station

The Physiological Experimental Study on the Effect of Different Color of Safety Signs on a Virtual Subway Fire Escape—An Exploratory Case Study of Zijing Mountain Subway Station

Reflective and bistable e-paper for smart and AI-controlled escape route signage

Signalling Three-Way Intersections: Is Redundancy Better Than Only Mandatory or Prohibitory Signs?

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