An Evaluation of Detail in Dynamic Visual Displays.

Abstract

This report has its basis in the Airborne Electronic Terrain Mapping System (AETMS), an aircraft mapping system based on an idea proposed by L.A. Tamburino and developed by the Air Force Avionics Laboratory. A constantly changing background provides the basis for an interesting investigation on the hypothesis that a dynamic background will distract the operator's attention away from important details on the display. The software developed provides an overlay of symbols onto the terrain map generated by the AETMS and is contained in this report. A symbol and color set is suggested for the AETMS. An experiment to determine a master symbol and color set is suggested. The experiment suggests using both simple vector symbols and Fourier transformed symbols to help define the master set. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA103378

Entities

People

  • Mary A. Smart

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Airborne
  • Aircrafts
  • Altitude
  • Avionics
  • Business Administration
  • Classification
  • Command And Control
  • Computers
  • Databases
  • Display Systems
  • Engineering
  • Fast Fourier Transforms
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Latitude
  • Procedures (Computers)
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics