The methodology of conducting an experimental study of the perception of the graphical interface using eye-tracking technology

Abstract

This article describes the methodology developed by the authors for conducting an experimental study of the perception of the graphical interface of remote control systems for dynamic objects using eye-tracking technology. The developed methodology is an integral part of research on the perception of visual information. The object of the study is a graphical interface of dynamic object control systems. The subject of the study is dashboards in a stimulus slide, their internal content (type, size, quantity). The methodology includes the development of a set of dashboards with different values of the displayed parameter, made in three types of diagrams (linear, columnar, curly quantitative) and in three sizes. The stimulus material of the experiment was developed using a special software module. This module performed the task of filling the stimulus with dashboards randomly. To conduct the experiment, an eye-tracking software and hardware complex was used, which captures the objective parameters of the eye pattern and allows you to shoot arrays of experimental data. Standard methods of mathematical statistics, such as analysis of variance, are used to process the results of the experiment. The developed technique was tested on a limited group. The scientific novelty of this work lies in the development of a methodology for conducting an experimental study on the influence of the factor of the number, type and size of diagrams in a graphic composition, its perception by the viewer.