Usability Study of Two Collocated Prototype System Displays

摘要: Abstract Currently, most of the displays in control rooms can be categorized as status screens, alerts/procedures screens (or paper), or (where state a component is changed by operator). The primary focus this line research to determine which pieces information (status, alerts/procedures, and control) should collocated. Two collocated were tested for ease understanding an automated desktop survey. This usability study was conducted prelude larger human-in-the-loop experiment order verify that 2 new easy learn usable. results indicate while Dial-on-Control display preferred yielded better performance than Multi-Dimensional Object display, both easily learned used. Introduction With advent use graphical various types input devices, associated computing power available compute information, it now possible combine these different elements onto single display. present whether Previous found operators like have status, alerts procedures, controls located on same screen procedures one with another (Bartolone & Trujillo, 2002, p. 2; 2001a, 2001b). done not specifically designed collocation. A follow-on planned test two Before run, way pre-test ensure newly intuitive enough such general untrained population could begin using them just brief introduction them.