Effects of interface layout on the usability of In-Vehicle Information Systems and driving safety

Li, Rui; Chen, Yingjie Victor; Sha, Chunfa; Lu, Zhangping

doi:10.1016/j.displa.2017.07.008

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“…The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has set limits for glance duration time (less than 2 s on average), Number of glance time (less than 15% of the total), and total eyes-off-road time (TEORT; 12 s) for in-vehicle devices (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2012). A number of IVIS studies have also attempted to provide guidance by examining driving performance and risks in relation to touch button size (Feng et al, 2018;Kim et al, 2014) and layout (Li, Chen et al, 2017). As more and more functions are added to the actual vehicle's IVIS, combinations of numerous factors (i.e., button size, shape, color, border, symbol, etc.)…”

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Effect of Touch Button Interface on In-Vehicle Information Systems Usability

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Park

et al. 2021

International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction

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We analyzed the button input method of infotainment systems as part of the in-vehicle information system (IVIS) interface and related research. As IVIS becomes more complex and the need for drivervehicle interaction increases, so does the potential risk that accompanies driver input. In this study, we propose to analyze the influence of the touch button shape, background, button and text color combination, and the presence/absence of a button border on the usability of the button input operation, which has not been studied before. Thus, participants were made to perform a button press operation in various combined conditions in a driving simulator. For keypads of the same diagonal length, we recommend a square-shaped touch keypad. In addition, the use of an edge and a specific color combination has a positive effect on the overall task performance and user satisfaction. These results are expected to be useful in the development of effective IVIS information display and input.

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Effect of Touch Button Interface on In-Vehicle Information Systems Usability

Jung

Park

et al. 2021

International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction

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“…With the improvement of informationization as well as the development of human–computer interactions, icons have become an important component of digital user interfaces ( Li, Chen, Sha, & Lu, 2017 ; Nakamura & Zeng-Treitler, 2012 ). Compared with words, graphic symbols are able to transcend language barriers ( Bocker, 1996 ; Caplin, 2001 ; Stevens, Brennan, Petocz, & Howell, 2009 ) and convey large amounts of information in a more concise and efficient way ( Amer & Maris, 2007 ; Chi & Dewi, 2014 ; Ells & Dewar, 1979 ; Huang, Bias, & Schnyer, 2015 ; Muter & Mayson, 2007; Perry, Stevens, Wiggins, & Howell, 2008 ).…”

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Effects of Users’ Familiarity With the Objects Depicted in Icons on the Cognitive Performance of Icon Identification

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This study investigated the effects of users’ familiarity with the objects depicted in icons on the cognitive performance of icon identification. First, without knowing the specific semantic information of icons, 20 participants were required to search for target icons among visually similar distractors for 3-hour-long training sessions across 1 week, during which their familiarity with different icons was manipulated by differential exposure frequencies. Half of the icons were presented 10 times more often than the other half. Subsequently, participants’ abilities to recall corresponding semantic information when cued with associated target icons were tested after they had learned all the icons. The results showed that, in both the visual search task and the semantic information recall task, participants performed significantly better when the icons were more familiar. Importantly, the effects of icon complexity in the visual search task diminished as participants became familiar with the icons, and the beneficial effects of familiarity in the semantic information recall task were larger when the icons were complex. These findings have practical implications for icon design. When creating new icons for time critical user interfaces, icons should be kept as simple as possible and employ familiar, commonly used, graphics.

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“…As an important carrier of information, icons are widely used in digital interfaces, such as those of desktop computers, smartphones, mobile tablets, environmental monitoring systems, and multimedia systems in automobiles, serving as interpretive channels between users and information systems (Chi & Dewi, 2014; Li et al., 2017; X. Ma et al., 2015; Silvennoinen et al., 2017; SriLakshmi et al., 2017).…”

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Icon Familiarity Affects the Performance of Complex Cognitive Tasks

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The purpose of this study was to investigate whether and how users' familiarity with symbols affects the performance of complex cognitive tasks which place considerable demands on working memory resources. We combined a modified math task paradigm with our previous icon familiarity training paradigm. Participants were required to complete a mathematical task involving icons to test their ability to perform complex cognitive tasks. The complexity of the task was manipulated using three independent variables: icon familiarity (high-frequency vs. low-frequency), whether or not the equation requires substitution (substitution vs. no-substitution), and the number of steps required for solution (one step vs. two steps). The results showed that participants performed better on the equation-solving task when it used icons they were more extensively trained on. Importantly, icon familiarity interacted with the complexity of the task and the familiarity effect on performance (accuracy and response time) became greater when the complexity increased. These findings provide evidence that familiarity affects not only the ease of information retrieval but also the ease of subsequent processing activities associated with these information, which extends our understanding of how familiarity affects working memory. Moreover, our findings have practical implications for improving interaction efficiency. Before the operators formally use a digital system, they need to learn the precise meaning of those complex or unfamiliar symbols in a certain context as much as possible.

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Effects of interface layout on the usability of In-Vehicle Information Systems and driving safety

Cited by 67 publications

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Effect of Touch Button Interface on In-Vehicle Information Systems Usability

Effect of Touch Button Interface on In-Vehicle Information Systems Usability

Effects of Users’ Familiarity With the Objects Depicted in Icons on the Cognitive Performance of Icon Identification

Icon Familiarity Affects the Performance of Complex Cognitive Tasks

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