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Ergonomics in Work System Design

This document discusses displays and controls in human-machine interfaces. It describes the purposes of displays to convey information visually, including being conspicuous, legible, and understandable. There are different types of visual displays like quantitative, qualitative, and check reading displays. When designing displays, principles like using color, shape, and zone coding should be considered. Controls should be compatible with displays through spatial compatibility like physical similarity and proximity of controls to their associated displays, and movement compatibility like controls moving in the same way as the related display. The overall goal is to facilitate learning, reduce errors, and increase user satisfaction.

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Ergonomics in Work System Design

This document discusses displays and controls in human-machine interfaces. It describes the purposes of displays to convey information visually, including being conspicuous, legible, and understandable. There are different types of visual displays like quantitative, qualitative, and check reading displays. When designing displays, principles like using color, shape, and zone coding should be considered. Controls should be compatible with displays through spatial compatibility like physical similarity and proximity of controls to their associated displays, and movement compatibility like controls moving in the same way as the related display. The overall goal is to facilitate learning, reduce errors, and increase user satisfaction.

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Displays and Controls

TI 2111 Work System Design and Ergonomics


Displays

 Purpose of Displays—convey information about a


certain entity in our environment or surrounding

 Visual Displays—display information to the sight sense


 Conspicuous (attn getting)
 Legible (easy to see and detect)
 Understandable (tell you state of the entity or required action
to take)
 Main problem: this sense is overloaded

TI 2111 Work System Design and Ergonomics


Visual Displays

 Quantitative

 Qualitative

 Check Reading

 Situation awareness

TI 2111 Work System Design and Ergonomics


Design Principals
 Quantitative displays
 Fixed scale with a moving pointer is preferred is not digital (speedometer),
more attn getting, allows you to see a trend in performance or in the data
 Linear scale is better when presenting information that must be interpreted
 Qualitative displays
 Use color to enhance meanings
 Use shape coding to enhance meaning
 Use zone coding to enhance meaning
 Check reading and situation awareness
 Design to ensure there is a distinct difference btwn the normal/abnormal
states
 Use signal lights to complement the display
 Flashing lights for hazards
 Use a continuous light in emergencies
 Use auditory signals to complement the display
 For all, the display type should be chosen based on the task
 New displays should be tested and evaluated
TI 2111 Work System Design and Ergonomics
Controls - Compatibility
 What is compatibility? Degree to which relationships are
consistent with expectations
 In Ergonomics, typically we are concerned with the relationship
between the stimuli and response of controls
 Compatible Design
 Facilitates learning and retention
 Reduces errors
 Decreases reaction time
 Increases satisfaction
 Types of compatibility
 Spatial, movement, operator oriented principals

TI 2111 Work System Design and Ergonomics


Spatial Compatibility

 Spatial Compatibility (relative placement of


the control to the display
 Physical Similarity
 Design to enforce the relationship between the
physical features of the control and the mode of
operation
 Example: levers for vertical displays, rotary knobs
for rotary displays, etc.
 Proximity
 Closeness, best if the display asso with a control is
directly above the control

TI 2111 Work System Design and Ergonomics


Movement Compatibility
 Movement of the control device to follow the movement of the
display
 Movement of a control device to control the display
 Movement of a control device that produces a specific response
 Movement of display indication without related response
 Population stereotypes
 Clockwise results in an increase
 Up is on
 Increase is to the right
 Forward is faster

TI 2111 Work System Design and Ergonomics

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