Effects of Anticipation in Manufacturing Processes: Towards Visual Search Modeling in Human Factors

In the model of human information processing, it is common to represent the cycle from perception to response. In this study, we focused on what happens in the intervals between the cycle of the work processes in the manufacturing industry, which has not been paid much attention to, and visualized the state of visual search in cyclic processes using eye tracking. As a result, it was found that an anticipation is performed as a preparation for making a decision for action in the next process, and thus contributes to the speed from perception to response. Based on this result, we will discuss the modeling of visual search in human factors.