Human Engineering Guides to Design of Displays for Underwater Applications

摘要

This report contains recommendations for designers of displays for systems that operate underwater. The recommendations are based on a foundation of research and analyses contained in a companion document (Vaughan and Kinney, 1980). Both the current report and the database document are organized by designer decisions related to the legibility of panel displays and to the visibility of painted objects. Five decisions comprise the content organization of the report: eye-to-console distance, symbol size, display luminance, peripheral location, and use of color. Material presented within each section serves first, to provide a rationale for the significance of human factor considerations to the decision; second, to provide necessary translations of scientific concepts into engineering concepts; third, to state concise recommendations for how to resolve the design issue from the viewpoint of human factors.