ORGANIZATIONAL OPTIMIZATION OF THE INTERFACE SPACE FOR VISUAL MONITORING
OF MULTI-PARAMETRIC OBJECTS 

Kosnikov Yuriy Nikolaevich, doctor of technical sciences, professor, head of sub-department of information-computer systems, Penza State University (40 Krasnaya street, Penza, Russia), jkos@pnzgu.ru

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10.21685/2307-5538-2017-3-4

Background. An object of a research is the human/computer interface of an monitoring system of complex objects. An object of research is the organization of the interface space. The work purpose – to reduce the psychophysiological tension of the operator by optimization of the interface space.
Materials and methods. Methods of systems analysis are applied: stratification of reviewing of the interface space and decomposition of its structure. The integral status of a monitored object is displayed on the basis of parameters generalization. 
Results. The principles of the organization of the interface space are formulated: ergonomics, complexity, hierarchy, object orientation, cognitive level and minimization of computing resources. Generalization of parameters of monitored objects allows to compare a status of their set to some geometrical image which is well identified by the person. The interface containing realistic images of space elements and added by character and geometrical elements is suitable for the bottom level. The hierarchical interface allows to execute with required detail monitoring of a situation on an object in general and its elements separately. It is necessary to apply a tree structure of the interface space to saving of computing resources. Depending on a situation it is necessary to select this or that branching line and this or that level of hierarchy on this branch.
Conclusion. The offered approach to distribution of information on controlled parameters between interface levels, and also to a choice of elements of the interface space allows to reduce psychophysiological strength of the operator of a monitoring system without loss of a situation understanding.

human machine interface, monitoring, cognitive level, hierarchical structure, tree structure, integral representation, mnemonic representation, detail representation