TASK-DEPENDENT VISUAL BEHAVIOUR OF ENGINEERING DESIGNERS - AN EYE TRACKING EXPERIMENT
DS 77: Proceedings of the DESIGN 2014 13th International Design Conference
Year: 2014
Editor: Marjanovic Dorian, Storga Mario, Pavkovic Neven, Bojcetic Nenad
Author: Lohmeyer ,Q.; Matthiesen ,S.; Meboldt ,M.
Series: DESIGN
Section: HUMAN BEHAVIOUR AND DESIGN
Page(s): 549-558
Abstract
The paper presents an eye tracking experiment transferring the research approach of investigating the dependency of different tasks on visual behaviour into the context of engineering design. In contrast to conventional experiments, the stimulus is not a painting, but a 2D sectional drawing representing a technical system. In order to closely analyse the basic question of how different tasks influence the visual behaviour of engineering designers, the experiment is conducted by application of modern remote eye tracking systems and by participation of a larger sample of test persons (n=26).
Keywords: eye tracking, visual behaviour, task dependency