Computer Driven Displays and Their Use in Man/Machine Interaction

Publisher Summary In the mid-fifties, the use of displays became popular and a burst of activity resulted in a proliferation of equipment and techniques, which has not yet abated. During the remainder of this decade, the more noticeable advances in the state-of-the-art of computer systems is not in the computer itself, but primarily in the area of peripheral I/O devices such as optical character readers, general-purpose display consoles, electronic printers, and microfilm recorders. Because the display is, in fact, the communication interface between the user and the computer system, today's emphasis on real time on-line computation, decision making, and design has made it important to use displays judiciously to reduce the communications barrier, increase the information throughput and match the impedance of man and machine. The chapter discusses the display technology and its classification based on society for information display (SID). One of the primary purposes of the SID is the promulgation of research and formalization in the field of information display through the establishment of definitions and standards.