From information content to auditory display with ecological interface design: Prospects and challenges

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Penelope M. Sanderson ◽  
Marcus O. Watson
Keyword(s):  
Information Content ◽  
Interface Design ◽  
Auditory Display ◽  
Ecological Interface Design ◽  
Ecological Interface

From Information Content to Auditory Display with Ecological Interface Design: Prospects and Challenges

2005 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 259-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Penelope M Sanderson ◽  
Marcus O Watson
Keyword(s):  
Information Content ◽  
Interface Design ◽  
Auditory Display ◽  
Visual Displays ◽  
Auditory Displays ◽  
Ecological Interface Design ◽  
Systematic Process ◽  
Ecological Interface ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Anaesthesia Monitoring

We examine how Ecological Interface Design (EID) might better bridge the gap from analysis to design by taking different modalities into account. Whereas almost all previous research using EID has focused on visual displays, attempts to extend the use of EID to non-visual modalities have revealed hidden assumptions that need to be made explicit and questioned. In this paper we explore the potential for EID to support a systematic process for the design for auditory displays, illustrating our argument with the design of auditory displays to support anaesthesia monitoring. We propose a set of steps that analysts might take to move more deliberatively and effectively from analysis to design with EID.

Testing the Impact of Instrumentation Location and Reliability on Ecological Interface Design: Fault Diagnosis Performance

2000 ◽  
Vol 44 (22) ◽  
pp. 591-594 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dal Vernon C. Reising ◽  
Penelope M. Sanderson
Keyword(s):  
Interface Design ◽  
Diagnostic Performance ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Recent Criticism ◽  
Minimal Set ◽  
Ecological Interface Design ◽  
Operator Problem ◽  
Ecological Interface ◽  
The Impact

Ecological Interface Design (EID) is a recent philosophy for designing the visual displays of human-machine interfaces. An EID interface displays the higher-order relations and properties of a work domain so that adaptive operator problem solving is better supported for both normal and abnormal system conditions. Previous empirical studies of EID have assumed that the raw data required to derive and communicate the higher-order information would be available and reliable. The present research empirically evaluates the impact of having incomplete data on the effectiveness of an EID interface, compared to a more traditional piping and instrumentation interface. The research also addresses recent criticism directed at previous empirical studies of EID is also addressed. Results suggest that diagnostic performance using an ecological interface is compromised only when the interface is supported by a minimal set of instrumentation. However, an ecological interface supported by maximal instrumentation, on average, leads to the best diagnostic performance.

Ecological interface design and sensor noise

2013 ◽  
Vol 71 (11) ◽  
pp. 1056-1068 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olivier St-Cyr ◽  
Greg A. Jamieson ◽  
Kim J. Vicente
Keyword(s):  
Interface Design ◽  
Sensor Noise ◽  
Ecological Interface Design ◽  
Ecological Interface
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