Eye Metrics: An Alternative Vigilance Detector

Abstract

Many occupational environments require sustained attention or vigilance for long periods of time. Air traffic controllers, cyber operators, TSA inspectors, unmanned aerial systems operators, and satellite imagery analysts encounter lapses in attention due to the sometimes boring and monotonous nature of these tasks. Mistakes in these environments can have devastating consequences. Currently, there is no tool to measure operator performance in these environments and the lapse usually is noticed only after a mistake is made. The purpose of this study was to determine the possible use of an eye-tracker to detect changes in vigilance performance. The results indicate that these oculometrics could be used to detect changes in vigilance. Future research is needed to assess the real-time effects of these oculometrics on vigilance performance, especially in a real-world setting.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2012
Accession Number
ADA585834

Entities

People

  • Chuck Goodyear
  • John P. McIntire
  • Justin Nelson
  • Lindsey Mcintire
  • R. A. Mckinley

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Air Traffic
  • Air Traffic Controllers
  • Artillery
  • Autonomic Nervous System
  • Biomedical Technology
  • Cognitive Workload
  • Data Analysis
  • Detectors
  • Eye
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Human-Machine Interaction
  • Psychology
  • Psychophysiology
  • Task Performance And Analysis
  • Unmanned Aerial Systems

Readers

  • Applied Combinatorial Optimization and Logic Circuit Design.
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Cyber
  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects