Displays and Controls

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Displays and Controls

• IENG 321
• Human Factors Engineering
• Spring 2004
• Carter J. Kerk, PhD, PE, CSP, CPE

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Reading Assignment

• Konz Johnson
• Controls, Chapter 17
• Displays, Chapter 18

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Discussion Items

• Design Recommendations - See Text
• Discrete vs Continuous
• Body Part Used
• Foot pedal issues
• Forces Required

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Unintended Activiation

• Locks, special wrenches, lockout/tagout
• Interlocks
• Barriers/covers
• Recess
• Spacing
• Resistance

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Compatibility

• Stove tops
• Car window controls

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Displays

• Legibility
• fonts
• serif/sans serif