Effects of head-up display airspeed indicator and altimeter formats on pilot scanning and attention switching

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• Creators:
  Hayashi, M. ; Oman, C.M. ; Zuschlag, M.
• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.) ; Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Airspeed
  • Head up displays
  • Eye movements
  • Airline pilots
  • Attention
  • Head-up displays
  • Situation awareness
  • Display clutter
  • Eye movement
• Resource Type:
  Proceedings
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration
• Abstract:
  The effects of the rotating pointers and gradation marks of head-up display (HUD) airspeed ; indicator (ASI) and altimeter symbology formats were examined. The effects of the gradation ; marks were of special interest, as being able to remove them would help reduce display clutter. ; The three formats examined included: rotating pointers with gradation marks, rotating pointers ; without gradation marks, and digits only. The pilots' eye-movement data collected during flight ; simulations indicated significant changes in both ASI and altimeter fixation durations between ; the rotating-pointer formats and digits only, but no difference between the rotating-pointer ; formats themselves. However, the differences between them were found in the vertical speed ; indicator fixations and the flight task strategies estimated by Hidden Markov Model analysis. ; Results provided first empirical support for the potential value of the gradation marks.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTRS57-01-D-30043
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/9122/dot_9122_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 62.50 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c5a4d49163ca09899d08fc4f89e2d62da764f93de20709ca0d54a1e3ebd95e1847c72672d55bd7d44d9211f6dc5e74588ffe91c6e6d006e460a7a650d21230a8