Measurement and Analysis of Clutter in Electronic Displays

Abstract

Electronic geospatial displays are common-from aircraft moving-maps to handheld GPS devices. As new data sources become available, users are tempted to display everything of interest: digital charts, satellite imagery, weather data, etc. The ensuing clutter can impact a user's ability to access, interpret, and effectively use the displayed information. This paper presents a model of display clutter comprised of global and local components, which we compared with subjective clutter ratings and target search performance. Our results suggest strong correlations between our global clutter metric and subjective ratings, and between our local clutter metric and search performance.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA517879

Entities

People

  • J. Gregory Trafton
  • M. C. Lohrenz
  • M. L. Gendron
  • M. R. Beck

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Aircrafts
  • Algorithms
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Clustering
  • Contracts
  • Earth Sciences
  • Engineering
  • Information Operations
  • Information Systems
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Psychology
  • Ratings
  • Reaction Time
  • Satellite Imaging
  • Standards

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).
  • Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Technology.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems
  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects