Evaluating Eye Tracking in Simulated Aviation Environments for U.S. Army Operator State Monitoring

Abstract

Developments in eye tracking technology have enabled researchers better access to gaze and pupillary behavior in a wider range of settings. Changes in gaze patterns and eye movement dynamics, allow the assessment of cognitive workload, fatigue, and situational awareness in military operational environments, including within the aircraft. Changes in pupil diameter reflect the tone of the autonomic nervous system, also potentially revealing changes in cognitive workload, arousal, and stress. Eye Tracking can provide unique insights into operator state and physiological condition through passive, non-invasive measurement, and may be an important instrument in the operator state monitoring toolkit of tomorrows military aviation needs. Head-mounted systems may be better suited to operational research.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 23, 2022
Accession Number
AD1180356

Entities

People

  • Aaron Mcatee
  • Christopher Aura
  • John Vogl
  • Kathryn Feltman
  • Leonard Temme
  • Paul St. Onge

Organizations

  • United States Army Aeromedical Research Lab

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Aircrafts
  • Autonomic Nervous System
  • Biomedical Research
  • Cognitive Workload
  • Data Analysis
  • Department Of Defense
  • Diameters
  • Environment
  • Eye
  • Eye Movements
  • Flight Simulators
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Measurement
  • Military Aviation
  • Monitoring
  • Nervous System
  • Operations Research
  • Psychophysiology
  • Simulators
  • Standards
  • Technical Information Centers
  • United States
  • Workload

Readers

  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).
  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.