28th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 23 - 28 September 2012, Brisbane, Australia
Paper ICAS 2012-9.7.5

THE AFFECT OF SCREEN SIZE ON MISSION COMMANDER’S SITUATION AWARENESS

H. -T. Hsu, M. Mason, D. A. Campbell
ARCAA, QUT, Australia

Keywords: situation awareness, screen size, interactive device

Situation awareness (SA) is an important safety factor of human-computer interaction in aviation. However, little research has investigated the effect on SA using touch-screen devices of different screen size. This paper measures and analyses the operators’ SA when manipulating the same interface on two touch-input devices of different screen size.

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