Ergonomic Evaluation Index System for Fighter Planes Cockpit Touch Screens

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to establish and verify metrics to evaluate the usability of the cockpit touch screen, which includes operational performance, physiological performance, and the control-display resources of the touch screen and so on. In this study, 12 experts who specialized in the area of aviation efficiency evaluation were investigated to verify the effectiveness and reliability of the metrics framework from the aspects of the necessity, feasibility, identification of a single index, and the integrity and redundancy overlap of the overall metrics system. The results indicated that the metrics system includes a high reliability and validity. Overall, we conclude three first-level metrics including perception layer, interaction layer and impression layer, as well as seven second-level metrics and 42 third-level metrics. It can find the problem of design parameters during the cockpit touchscreen design, promote to improve the operational performance and survival probability of pilots.