Title
Enhancing air traffic displays via perceptual cues
Abstract
We examined graphical representations of aircraft altitude in simulated air traffic control (ATC) displays. In two experiments, size and contrast cues correlated with altitude improved participants' ability to detect future aircraft collisions (conflicts). Experiment 1 demonstrated that, across several set sizes, contrast and size cues to altitude improved accuracy at identifying conflicts. Experiment 2 demonstrated that graphical cues for representing altitude both improved accuracy and reduced search time for finding conflicts in large set size displays. The addition of size and contrast cues to ATC displays may offer specific benefits in aircraft conflict detection.
Year
DOI
Venue
2008
10.1145/1279640.1279644
TAP
Keywords
Field
DocType
perceptual cue,enhancing air traffic display,contrast cue,aircraft conflict detection,air traffic control,additional key words and phrases: human-computer interaction,large set size display,set size,visualization acm reference format:,applied cognitive science,aircraft altitude,future aircraft collision,improved accuracy,size cue,altitude improved accuracy,atc display,visualization,cognitive science,human computer interaction
Computer vision,Computer science,Simulation,Visualization,Air traffic control,Altitude,Artificial intelligence,Perception
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
5
1
1544-3558
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
3
0.43
5
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Evan M. Palmer1112.32
Timothy C. Clausner271.40
Philip J. Kellman3297.48