Application of Gestalt psychology in product human-machine Interface design

Abstract

Objective Studying the application of Gestalt psychology in product human-machine interface design. Methods The 5 principles of proximity, similarity, closure, continuity and symmetry in Gestalt psychology are analyzed by different human-machine interface design cases. Conclusion The proximity principle and the similarity principle are related to the tendency of trying to group the objects. The closed principle and the continuity principle are related to the tendency to try to give the object a complete form. And the symmetry principle is related to the attempt to simplify the figure to make it conform to the human visual habits. The Gestalt principle allows the information on the interface to be presented in groups and in a complete way. It helps designers to understand the visual rules of human beings, to grasp the perception structure of things on the whole, and to organize, simplify and unify the display and operation devices in the design of the human-machine interface, so that the interface is more coordinated and easy to understand, so as to facilitate user operation and improve the efficiency of human-machine system.