Usability evaluation for in-vehicle systems / Catherine Harvey, Neville A. Stanton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harvey, Catherine, 1984-

Contributor:

Stanton, Neville, 1960-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Automobiles--Instruments--Display systems.

Automobiles.

Human-machine systems.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (227 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Preface The work presented in this book was prompted by the need for an evaluation framework that is useful and relevant to the automotive industry. It is often argued that ergonomics is involved too late in the commercial project development processes to have substantive impact on design and usability. In the automotive industry, and specifically in relation to In-Vehicle Information Systems (IVIS), a lack of attention to the issue of usability can lead not only to poor customer satisfaction but can also present a significant risk to safe and efficient driving. This work contributes to the understanding and evaluation of usability in the context of IVIS and is written for students, researchers, designers, and engineers who are involved or interested in the design and evaluation of in-vehicle systems. The book has three key objectives - Define and understand usability in the context of IVIS. This guides the specification of criteria against which usability can be successfully evaluated. - Develop a multimethod framework to support designers in the evaluation of IVIS usability. The underlying motivations for the framework are a need for early-stage evaluation to support proactive redesign and a practical and realistic approach that can be used successfully by automotive manufacturers. - Develop an analytic usability evaluation method that enables useful predictions of task interaction, while accounting for the specific context-of- use of IVIS-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

ch. 1. Introduction

ch. 2. Context-of-use as a factor in determining the usability of in-vehicle information systems

ch. 3. In-vehicle information systems to meet the needs of drivers

ch. 4. A usability evaluation framework for in-vehicle information systems

ch. 5. The trade-off between context and objectivity in an analytic evaluation of in-vehicle interfaces

ch. 6. To twist or poke? a method for identifying usability issues with direct and indirect input devices for control of in-vehicle information systems

ch. 7. Modelling the hare and the tortoise : predicting IVIS task times for fast, middle, and slow person performance using critical path analysis

ch. 8. Visual attention on the move : there is more to modelling than meets the eye

ch. 9. Summary of contributions and future challenges.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-429-09898-7

1-4665-1430-2

9780429098987

OCLC:

836848783