COG-PACK(trade mark) Technical Design Document
Abstract
Many of the most popular hardware and software products for measuring and improving human performance are developed and marketed for standalone use. For research and development or operational use, more effective insights into human performance may be obtained by leveraging diverse measurements from multiple sensors. Often the devices lack the ability to interoperate and the extensibility to do varies across devices. As a result, developers supporting human performance research and interested in utilizing a promising new device must generate a new set of requirements and sensor-specific code to integrate the device before researchers can begin the collection of physiological and performance-based data. In the current human performance assessment space there are few coherent software architecture or data formats that can be shared effectively among research groups, leaving groups to sit on an island unable to communicate effectively or integrate established and emerging technologies. Cognitive Operations Gear (COG) Pack serves as a domain-flexible software architecture designed to collect and analyze human physiological and behavioral data with the end goal of providing operator state assessment. COG Pack currently supports a wide selection of hardware devices. Smart Eye Pro for eye tracking and wearables like Zephyr BioHarness for cardiorespiratory and activity measurement, to name a few. The underlying software architecture offers unique insights into (I) developing (Dukes, et al., 2019), (II) integrating, and (III) maintaining new hardware and software.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 2020
- Accession Number
- AD1106867
Entities
People
- Allen W. Dukes
- Courtney J. Downs
- Ethan B. Blackford
- Matt Rommel
- Scott J. Duberstein
Organizations
- Ball Aerospace & Technologies