Display movement velocity and dynamic visual search performance

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)269-278
Journal / PublicationHuman Factors and Ergonomics In Manufacturing
Volume25
Issue number3
Publication statusPublished - 1 May 2015

Abstract

In practice, many visual search tasks are performed under dynamic conditions. An experiment was conducted here to test visual search strategy adopted by a person in a dynamic visual search and to investigate the effects of display movement velocity on search time and detection accuracy in it. Thirty-five participants were randomly tested with all 10 angular velocities of 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, and 32 deg/s. The data obtained fitted the random search model well. The results revealed that observers utilized a random search strategy during the dynamic visual search process and that display movement velocity influenced search performance. In comparison with static visual search, an angular velocity faster than 4 deg/s resulted in a significant decrement in search performance. The variations of duration of individual fixations, the probability of target detection in a single fixation and visual lobe area were discussed. The obtained relationships between display movement velocity, search time and detection accuracy can serve as a useful guide for designing a dynamic search task, thus helping to maximize the cost-effectiveness of dynamic search tasks while minimizing errors and misses during the search process.

Research Area(s)

  • Dynamic visual search, Movement velocity, Random search strategy, Visual inspection