A study for human-machine interface design of spacecraft display & control device based on eye-tracking experiments

Abstract

The display & control device is the hub of human-machine interaction in the whole spacecraft’s human-machine environment system. The rationality of its design affects the level of integration between human and machine directly. Therefore, the optimization design studies of manned spacecraft cabin’s display & control device plays an important role on the development of spaceflight. The paper researches the design methods of manned spacecraft cabin’s display & control device from the perspective of human-machine ergonomics. The specific steps of research are: Firstly, we will refine the design principles of human-machine interface by constructing the user behavior model; Secondly, we will work out the design and layout solutions of spacecraft cabin’s display & control device based on the information from user behavior model; Finally, an eye-tracking experiment will be proposed to verify and optimize the solutions.