Symbology Verification Study.

Abstract

The Department of Defense is currently working on a real-time combat situation display to be used in fighter aircraft cockpits. This study was performed to evaluate a proposed symbology set for real time combat situation displays in fighter aircraft. The primary objective was to compare pilot performance under two different coding conditions: shape coding only, and both color and shape coding. color coding was found to significantly reduce overall average response time, with this effect becoming more pronounced with increasing symbol density. The second purpose of the study was to compare performance differences among the symbol types for each of the three states (friendly, unknown, or hostile). Data on this topic is evaluated and possible explanations for discrepancies are noted.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA131328

Entities

People

  • Carole Jean Kopala
  • Emmett L. Herron
  • Gloria L. Calhoun
  • John M. Reising

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Altitude
  • Coding
  • Color Coding
  • Computer Programming
  • Data Analysis
  • Department Of Defense
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Flight Instruments
  • Flight Paths
  • Information Science
  • Navigation
  • Operating Systems
  • Simulators
  • Symbols
  • Test Methods
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Radio communications and signal processing.