Visual inspection of circuit boards: Effect of gender, age, defect type, and defect proportion

J. Klamklay, R. R. Bishu

Research output: Contribution to journalConference articlepeer-review

2 Scopus citations

Abstract

Visual inspection of printed circuit boards was evaluated through a simulated experiment. Photographs of circuit boards were scanned into a PC and the images were manipulated using a Visual Basic program. The visual inspection performance measured reaction time in seconds and accuracy by measuring the number of incorrect responses given. The independent variables studied in this research were age, gender, defect type, board size, inspection pace, and proportion of defects. Forty subjects participated in this experiment. In summary, the study showed that defect proportion, defect type, age and gender do influence both inspection time and inspection accuracy. Perhaps the most interesting result is that rate of false alarm (decision 2) and misses (decision 1) depend on defect type and proportion. This has interesting ramification for quality professionals.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1161-1164
Number of pages4
JournalProceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
Volume2
StatePublished - 1998
EventProceedings of the 1998 42nd Annual Meeting 'Human Factors and Ergonomics Society' - Chicago, IL, USA
Duration: Oct 5 1998Oct 9 1998

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Human Factors and Ergonomics

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Visual inspection of circuit boards: Effect of gender, age, defect type, and defect proportion'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this