Design and Evaluation of Warning Sounds in Frigate Control Centres

Abstract

In the ship control centre of the Air Defence and Command Frigates of the Royal Netherlands Navy, auditory warnings are used to indicate critical system conditions and dangerous situations. By means of subjective experiments, the suitability of the applied auditory warnings was assessed, and possible improvements were evaluated. It appeared that for one of the most urgent warning conditions (platform alarm) a less suitable auditory signal was applied, the perceived urgency of which is relatively low, while it is also easily confused with other signals. A straightforward way to modify the perceived urgency (through manipulation of the signal inter-onset interval) was derived from the experimental results.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA454647

Entities

People

  • Johan S. Van Balken
  • Sander J. Van Wijngaarden

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Defense
  • Auditory Signals
  • Background Noise
  • Computer Programs
  • Control Systems
  • Detectors
  • Instructions
  • Intervals
  • Monitoring
  • Netherlands
  • Noise
  • Platforms
  • Repetition Rate
  • Sound Pressure
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Warning Systems

Readers

  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Speech Processing/Speech Recognition.
  • Systems Analysis and Design