Visual Ergonomics & Human Perception

Course Overview

• Investigation of human physical characteristics and limitations with respect to the environment as related to visual communications of text and graphics.• Ergonomics as applied to visual-legibility studies. Use of eye movement recorder in visual analysis.• Environmental conditions of illumination- study of figure and ground relationships.• Ergonomics of readability issues with respect to static and dynamic text at short and long viewing distance. Ergonomics related to readability issues on display devices.• Research methods in ergonomic data generation.• Human Perception related to Visual Design applications.

Total Credits	4.0
Type	Theory
Lecture	1.0
Practical	2.0
Half Semester	N
Text Reference	• Woodson Wesley E, Human Factors Design Handbook, McGraw-Hill Education; 2 edition (January 22, 1992)• Norman, Donald: A Design of Everyday Things, Basic Books; Reprint edition (September 19, 2002).• Nielsen, Jakob, Usability Engineering, Morgan Kaufmann; 1 edition (September 23, 1993)• Deborah J. Mayhew, The Usability Engineering Lifecycle: A Practitioner’s Handbook for User Interface Design, Morgan Kaufmann; 1 edition (April 5, 1999)• Marie , Anne; Barry Seward; Visual Intelligence: Perception, Image, and Manipulation in Visual Communication, Publisher: State University of New York Press (July 1, 1997)

About Instructor

Prof. Sadhu N.

Prof.  Sadhu N teaches Innovation by Design at the Industrial Design Centre (IDC), IIT Bombay. He has set up the Shenoy Innovation Studio at IITB, where students and young designers are given the opportunity to work on live projects and benefit from expertise in a range of interrelated fields. Prof. Chakravarthy works closely with other academics engaged in cutting-edge research at IIT Bombay and has played a key role in translating such research into products that reach the hands of users. ‘A Collaborative Model for New Product Innovation’, an outcome of Prof. Chakravarthy’s doctoral research, has had wide application in the industry. Prof. Chakravarthy has also worked frequently with government departments and occupational communities engaged in essential services.