Through the analysis of user research methods and the combination of user research methods and the three-layer theory of emotional design, this paper proposes a new mental model construction method, namely the Hierarchical Elicitation Approach. Taking the information architecture design of the emergency monitoring platform as an example, this paper uses the Hierarchical Elicitation Approach to measure the performance rules of users’ minds in the emergency monitoring platform, designs the construction experiments of the macro-mental model and meta-mental model of the system, and optimizes the design according to the experimental results. Moreover, Cogtool is used to analyze the effect of optimization design and verify the application value of the Hierarchical Elicitation Approach in the study of user’s mind.
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Gestalt psychology puts forward the laws of similarity, proximity and common destiny. These laws all point out that visual stimuli work together to form a similar pattern organization, which results in the visual elements conforming to the same rules to be regarded as a group by the observer. However, the attributes of visual elements are now more diverse, including the dynamic changes of visual elements. In this paper, based on Bertin’s five visual variables, we will explore the impact of the coordinated changes of these visual variables on human visual perception. The experiment produced the ranking of visual variables on the strength of grouping ability. In practical application, the relative grouping strength of these visual elements has high application value for interface design and data visualization research.
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The naval ship command cabin(NSCC) is an important part and the nerve centre of the whole ship. In order to achieve better evaluation and design improvements of the human-machine interface(HMI) of the naval shipborne command cabin in the design phase, we preliminarily expounded the ergonomic digital evaluation system of the NSCC based on extended JACK. The NSCC human-machine interface evaluation index system was constructed by using the improved Delphi method, and the quantitative and qualitative evaluation method was studied. The ergonomic digital evaluation system for the naval shipborne command cabin was developed by extending the JACK software, in which the mannequin module, human-machine interface design module, evaluation module and design standards module were integrated. Finally, the feasibility and applicability of the proposed ergonomic digital evaluation system were verified by an illustrated example.
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This article discusses the influence of icon shape complexity and composition on icon search in military geographical intelligence system. We designed an experiment to explore the influence of icon shape complexity and composition on icon search efficiency in military geographic intelligence system (GIS). The reaction time and accuracy are used in the experiment to reflect people's search efficiency under different experimental conditions. The experimental results provide a scientific reference for the design of military GIS interface by analyzing the effect of different icon shapes and icon presentation on the visual search performance of military GIS interface. Through experiments, it is found that when the icon shape complexity level is the highest or the lowest, it shows poor search performance; when the complexity level is H3, it shows the best search performance; the icon composition does not affect the search performance of the icon on the map background. Significant, but when the complexity level is H2 and H4, there is interaction between different icon composition. This design will provide a reference for the design of GIS interface icons. The experimental results provide a scientific reference for the design of military GIS interface. © 2020 IEEE.

Although evaluation metrics for complex network layouts have been studied by many authors, it is still unclear whether these metrics can effectively evaluate cognitive performance of information. Therefore, we conducted user research on the cognition of nodes information of complex networks. Based on user response time and accuracy of the information, the paper makes a multiple regression model to sieve effective metrics and evaluate the layout. The results of model show that the screening metrics can effectively evaluate the response time and accuracy of the cognitive information in complex network layout. According to the results, we designed and developed a visual tool to help us better evaluate and optimize complex network layout algorithms from the perspective of users, and improve the efficiency of users' information acquisition. © 2020 IEEE.

This study analyzes the information elements of visual user interface and auditory user interface. Taking alarm information as an example, using behavioral data and brain physiological indicators to explore the cognitive rules of audiovisual interface information in quiet and noisy situations, and establish a mapping relationship between audiovisual information and cognitive. Hoping to build a more efficient human-computer interaction interface. The results show that the performance of the \mathbf{Icon}\times\mathbf{Earcon} combination under noisy environment is significantly lower than that in a quiet environment; and there is no significant difference between \mathbf{Text}\times\mathbf{Earcon},\mathbf{Color}\times\mathbf{Earcon} in different environments. This means that the combination of \mathbf{Icon}\times\mathbf{Earcon} is extremely susceptible to environmental influences, while the combination of \mathbf{Text}\times\mathbf{Earcon},\mathbf{Color}\times\mathbf{Earcon} is just the opposite. © 2020 IEEE.

The Geographic Information System (GIS) has played an important role in urban planning management, transportation, military and other fields. In order to explore the effective method of GIS interface layout, this paper conducts an experimental study on the pop-up window layout of detailed information of GIS interface targets, and analyzes the reaction time of the participants. At the same time, a questionnaire was issued to collect subjective feeling data. The research in this article shows that when a pop-up window appears in the interface, it should be displayed in the center of the interface or around the click position. Secondly, you can choose to display it in the right half of the interface, and try not to display it in the bottom-left of the interface. In addition, if the information in the pop-up is two columns, and the information can be divided into two categories, the left-right distribution is better than the up-down distribution. © 2020 IEEE.

The arrival of the Internet information age promotes the development of electronic and information platform - website. A website is a provider of information and a platform for users to communicate and interact. Website interface design must consider human cognitive factors, emotional factors, so the website interface design and interaction design is particularly important. Through experimental demonstration and research, this paper takes shopping website as the research object to analyze the mental model of users in website interface design and the influence of different users’ occupations on the mental model. According to the conclusion of the analysis, firstly, the change process of user mental model in interface interaction is proposed. Secondly, based on the user mental model, this paper summarizes the design principles of the website. Finally, this paper provides a new way of thinking for the study of website accessibility.
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In this study, the visual user interface elements and the auditory user interface information elements are analyzed. From the information elements of the visual interface and the speech elements of the auditory interface as the entry point, it is hoped to construct a more efficient audio-visual human-computer interaction interface. Taking the alarm information as an example, this paper studied the cognitive rules of the user on the audiovisual interface in the quiet-noise environment through the behavioral performance evaluation and the measurement method of the brainwave physiological index evaluation, and establishes the mapping relationship between "audiovisual-cognition".
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In the GIS system interface, the map module occupies more than 90% of the interface size, which is the focus of the GIS interface design. There are a large number of targets, target signs, target trajectories and other information on the map. The layout of various information is crowded and overlapped, making it difficult for users to search and identify information. The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of different presentation forms of target signs on user search efficiency. This paper used 8 kinds of overlap and 4 kinds of target sign layout display to design the experiment. This paper analyzed the search performance of subjects, and gaze plot based on eye tracking data.
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