Conventional vehicle display panels: The drivers' operative images and directions for their redesign

Papakostopoulos, V; Marmaras, N

dc.contributor.author	Papakostopoulos, V	en
dc.contributor.author	Marmaras, N	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T02:08:34Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T02:08:34Z
dc.date.issued	2012	en
dc.identifier.issn	00036870	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/29669
dc.subject	Drawing from memory	en
dc.subject	Future display panel	en
dc.subject	Mental representations	en
dc.subject	Operative images	en
dc.subject	Vehicle display units	en
dc.subject.other	Display panels	en
dc.subject.other	Mental representations	en
dc.subject.other	Operative images	en
dc.subject.other	Vehicle display	en
dc.subject.other	Ergonomics	en
dc.subject.other	Physical therapy	en
dc.subject.other	Vehicles	en
dc.subject.other	adult	en
dc.subject.other	aged	en
dc.subject.other	article	en
dc.subject.other	car driver	en
dc.subject.other	car driving	en
dc.subject.other	controlled study	en
dc.subject.other	data analysis	en
dc.subject.other	display system	en
dc.subject.other	drawing	en
dc.subject.other	equipment design	en
dc.subject.other	human	en
dc.subject.other	human experiment	en
dc.subject.other	image display	en
dc.subject.other	male	en
dc.subject.other	memory consolidation	en
dc.subject.other	motor vehicle	en
dc.subject.other	process design	en
dc.subject.other	process development	en
dc.subject.other	process technology	en
dc.subject.other	system analysis	en
dc.title	Conventional vehicle display panels: The drivers' operative images and directions for their redesign	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1016/j.apergo.2011.12.004	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2011.12.004	en
heal.publicationDate	2012	en
heal.abstract	The proliferation of new displays in modern vehicles sets the challenge to revisit the design of the conventional display units, toward more simplified appearance. The present study aims to evaluate the usefulness of the information provided to the drivers by the conventional vehicle display units, in order to trace directions that would lead to a simplification of the future display panels. Based on the concept of operative images, two working hypotheses were formulated: (i) the experienced drivers have developed an operative image-reference (OI-R) for the display panel of their own vehicle(s), reflecting the relative importance they attribute to the information emitted by the various displays of the panel, and (ii) the experienced drivers' drawings of the display panel of their own vehicle will be guided by their OI-R for it - providing therefore traces of the content of their OI-R, while the less experienced drivers' drawings will be closer to the actual display panel of their own vehicle. The method of drawing from memory was used to obtain traces of the operative images of both experienced and less experienced non-professional drivers. The obtained 335 drawings were compared to the actual display panels, as to their overall resemblance and to specific features. The results of the data analysis are in accordance to our working hypotheses. Considering the main features of the experienced drivers' OI-R, directions for the simplification of the appearance of conventional display units are proposed. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd and The Ergonomics Society.	en
heal.journalName	Applied Ergonomics	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/j.apergo.2011.12.004	en
dc.identifier.volume	43	en
dc.identifier.issue	5	en
dc.identifier.spage	821	en
dc.identifier.epage	828	en