CEN ISO/TS 9241-411:2014

Ergonomics of human-system interaction - Part 411: Evaluation methods for the design of physical input devices (ISO/TS 9241-411:2012)

1 Scope
This part of ISO 9241 specifies evaluation methods for the design of physical input devices for interactive systems. It provides guidance for the laboratory assessment of conformance with ISO 9241-410 for keyboards, mice, pucks, joysticks, trackballs, touch pads, tablets/overlays, touch-sensitive screens, and styli/light pens. Its provisions apply only to keyboards identified as "full-size" or "compact" by the manufacturer, but nevertheless could provide useful guidance in the design of other keyboards. It is not applicable to those of the requirements of ISO 9241-410 that relate to gesture- and voice-input systems.

Ergonomie der Mensch-System-Interaktion - Teil 411: Bewertungsverfahren für die Gestaltung von physikalischen Eingabegeräten (ISO/TS 9241-411:2012)

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Ergonomie de l'interaction homme-système - Partie 411: Méthodes d'évaluation de la conception des dispositifs d'entrée physiques (ISO/TS 9241-411:2012)

Ergonomija medsebojnega vpliva človek-sistem - 411. del: Metode vrednotenja za načrtovanje naprav za fizični vnos podatkov (ISO/TS 9241-411:2012)

Standard CEN ISO/TS 9241-411 določa metode vrednotenja za načrtovanje naprav za fizični vnos podatkov za interaktivne sisteme. Zagotavlja smernice za laboratorijsko oceno skladnosti s standardom ISO 9241-410 za tipkovnice, miške, ploščke, igralne palice, sledilne kroglice, sledilne ploščice, tablice in prevleke, zaslone na dotik ter pisala. Njegove določbe se uporabljajo le za tipkovnice, ki jih proizvajalec opredeli kot »polne velikosti« ali »kompaktne«, vendar lahko vseeno zagotovi koristne smernice za načrtovanje drugih tipkovnic. Standard se ne uporablja za naprave v okviru zahtev standarda ISO 9241-410, ki se nanašajo na sisteme z nadzorom s kretnjami in glasovnim nadzorom.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 19-Aug-2014
• ICS: 13.180 - Ergonomics
• ICS: 35.180 - IT Terminal and other peripheral equipment
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 122 - Ergonomics
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 122/WG 5 - Ergonomics of human-computer interaction
• Current Stage: 6060 - Definitive text made available (DAV) - Publishing
• Start Date: 20-Aug-2014
• Due Date: 24-Nov-2015
• Completion Date: 20-Aug-2014
• Ref Project: SIST-TS CEN ISO/TS 9241-411:2014 - Ergonomics of human-system interaction - Part 411: Evaluation methods for the design of physical input devices (ISO/TS 9241-411:2012)

Standards Content (Sample)

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Ergonomics of human-system interaction - Part 411: Evaluation methods for the design
of physical input devices (ISO/TS 9241-411:2012)
Ergonomie der Mensch-System-Interaktion - Teil 411: Bewertungsverfahren für die
Gestaltung von physikalischen Eingabegeräten (ISO/TS 9241-411:2012)
Ergonomie de l'interaction homme-système - Partie 411: Méthodes d'évaluation de la
conception des dispositifs d'entrée physiques (ISO/TS 9241-411:2012)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: CEN ISO/TS 9241-411:2014
ICS:
13.180 Ergonomija Ergonomics
35.180 Terminalska in druga IT Terminal and other
periferna oprema IT peripheral equipment
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
CEN ISO/TS 9241-411
SPÉCIFICATION TECHNIQUE
TECHNISCHE SPEZIFIKATION
August 2014
ICS 35.180; 13.180
English Version
Ergonomics of human-system interaction - Part 411: Evaluation
methods for the design of physical input devices (ISO/TS 9241-
411:2012)
Ergonomie de l'interaction homme-système - Partie 411: Ergonomie der Mensch-System-Interaktion - Teil 411:
Méthodes d'évaluation de la conception des dispositifs Bewertungsverfahren für die Gestaltung von physikalischen
d'entrée physiques (ISO/TS 9241-411:2012) Eingabegeräten (ISO/TS 9241-411:2012)
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Contents Page
Foreword .3
Foreword
The text of ISO/TS 9241-411:2012 has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 159 “Ergonomics” of
the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and has been taken over as
held by DIN.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent
rights. CEN [and/or CENELEC] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following
countries are bound to announce this Technical Specification: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus,
Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany,
Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland,
Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.
Endorsement notice
The text of ISO/TS 9241-411:2012 has been approved by CEN as CEN ISO/TS 9241-411:2014 without any
modification.
TECHNICAL ISO/TS
SPECIFICATION 9241-411
First edition
2012-05-01
Ergonomics of human-system
interaction —
Part 411:
Evaluation methods for the design of
physical input devices
Ergonomie de l'interaction homme-système —
Partie 411: Méthodes d'évaluation de la conception des dispositifs
d'entrée physiques
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ISO/TS 9241-411:2012(E)
Contents Page
Foreword . v
Introduction . viii
1  Scope . 1
2  Normative references . 1
3  Terms and definitions . 2
4  Guiding principles . 7
5  Evaluation methods . 7
5.1  Physical input devices in general . 7
5.2  Keyboards . 10
5.3  Mice . 22
5.4  Pucks . 25
5.5  Joysticks . 28
5.6  Trackballs . 31
5.7  Touchpads . 34
5.8  Tablets and overlays . 37
5.9  Styli and light-pens . 40
5.10  Touch-sensitive screens. 42
6  Conformance . 42
Annex A (informative) Overview of the ISO 9241 series . 43
Annex B (informative) Testing of efficiency and effectiveness . 44
Annex C (informative) Assessment of comfort . 51
Annex D (informative) Usability test for keyboards . 56
Bibliography . 62
Figures
Figure 1 — Side view of example joystick . 3
Figure 2 — Example of light-pen against display . 4
Figure 3 — Top view of example of tablet with graphic overlay . 4
Figure 4 — Top view examples of two types of puck . 5
Figure 5 — Side view of example of stylus over graphics tablet . 5
Figure 6 — Example of top view of trackball device with buttons . 6
Figure 7 — Illustration of flat, concave and convex keytops . 14
Figure 8 — Measurement of keytop width and depth . 14
Figure 9 — Measurement of key displacement . 14
Figure 10 — Relationship between key displacement and key force (ISO 9241-410:2008, Figure B.3) . 15
Figure 11 — Measurement of character height . 15
Figure 12 — Measurement of vertical and horizontal distance between two adjacent keys . 17
Figure 13 — Measurement of slope of keyboard . 18
Figure 14 — Numeric keypad layout . 18
Figure B.1 — Relationship of index of difficulty to time . 47
Figure B.2 — One-direction tapping task . 48
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Figure B.3 — Multi-directional pointing task . 49
Figure B.4 — Tracing task . 50

Tables
Table 1 — Measuring methods on physical input devices in general . 7
Table 2 — Requirements on the generic operability of keyboards . 10
Table 3 — Requirements for functional properties of full-size keyboards . 10
Table 4 — Requirements for sections and zones of full-size keyboards . 16
Table 5 — Requirements for the mechanical design of full-size keyboards . 17
Table 6 — Requirements for maintainability of full-size keyboards . 18
Table 7 — Requirements for documentation of full-size keyboards . 19
Table 8 — Requirements for design of keys of compact keyboards . 19
Table 9 — Requirements for sections and zones of compact keyboards . 20
Table 10 — Requirements for mechanical design of compact keyboards . 20
Table 11 — Requirements for maintainability of compact keyboards . 21
Table 12 — Requirements for documentation of compact keyboards . 22
Table 13 — Mouse design requirements . 22
Table 14 — Design requirements for pucks . 25
Table 15 — Design requirements for joysticks . 28
Table 16 — Design requirements for trackballs . 31
Table 17 — Design requirements for touchpads . 34
Table 18 — Design requirements for tablets and overlays . 37
Table 19 — Design requirements for styli and light-pens . 40
Table 20 — De
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