HUMAN FACTORS IN THE DESIGN OF ELECTROLUMINESCENT DISPLAYS FOR AEROSPACE EQUIPMENT

Abstract

The report presents an outline of a broad program of psychological research that will provide human engineering standards for the design of electroluminescent (EL) display devices. The physical characteristics of EL lighting are discussed, after which the possible types of EL displays are categorized as discrete or continuous displays, and as dynamic or static displays. Five types of perceptual tasks that might be required of an observer of an EL display are described, and each display category is then discussed in terms of the perceptual task(s) required to monitor the display in question. For each display-task combination, human factor research is proposed and some experiments are laid out in detail. The conventional variables such as intensity, contrast and viewing duration are considered for each display-task category as well as some less familiar variables based on the use of information theory. Examples of existing and proposed EL displays are given in connection with the proposed research.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0646459

Entities

People

  • Herbert H. Stenson

Organizations

  • Antioch College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerospace Craft
  • Aircrafts
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Geometric Forms
  • Graphs
  • Grids
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Indicator Lights
  • Information Theory
  • Lamps
  • Light Sources
  • Lighting Equipment
  • Luminance
  • Materials
  • Perception
  • Psychology

Readers

  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space