Pilot needs to process lots of information when operating an aircraft, and reasonable information coding can greatly improve the correct rate and speed of information identification. At present, related researches are mainly performed in the laboratory, and the experiment method for abstract simulation is often used to research single digit information coding. The research results demonstrate a lack of systematization and applicability. The present study is based upon information coding methods of human-machine interface under real time in flight simulators. Subjects are required to perform an aircraft landing and the corresponding experiment task. The correct rate and reaction time are chosen as the performance evaluation indexes, combined with eye movement data. The advantages and disadvantages of different information coding methods are also evaluated and analyzed. The experiment results demonstrate that the effect of color coding on the correct rate of information identification is not significant, but the effect on the speed of information identification is obviously significant. The study demonstrates that on a black background, red, green and yellow are suitable colors for color coding, but blue is not. The position of information on the performance of information identification is also significant. The center of the interface is better than the edge, and the left position is superior to the right. The impact of language and a person's mother tongue should also be considered in practical applications. The study shows that the Chinese has a higher correct rate of identification than English. As the experiment research method in the present study is based on flight simulator, the actual utility and application value can be guaranteed. The research results have the ability to offer improvements in ergonomic reference for cockpit human-machine interface design.
脑力负荷是影响飞行安全的重要因素之一,对飞行员脑力负荷进行客观测量,对于飞机座舱显示界面脑力任务的工效评价与优化设计具有重要意义.基于ERP(Eveat Related Potential)技术,选取失匹配负波(MMN,Mismatch Negativity)和P3a成分为指标,采用三刺激"oddball"模式,在飞行模拟任务条件下开展了三级脑力负荷的测量与评价研究.实验结果表明,MMN峰值和P3a峰值对脑力负荷变化敏感,随着脑力负荷的增加,MMN峰值显著增加,而P3a峰值显著降低,反应了被试者对异常信息的自动加工能力的提高以及朝向注意能力的减弱.与新异刺激相比,由偏差刺激所诱发的MMN与P3a成分对于与飞行任务相关的脑力负荷具有更好的敏感性,将可用于进一步的脑力负荷分级评价.
With respect to the ergonomic evaluation and optimization in the mental task design of the aircraft cockpit display interface, the experimental measurement and theoretical modeling of mental workload were carried out under flight simulation task conditions using the performance evaluation, subjective evaluation and physiological measurement methods. The experimental results show that with an increased mental workload, the detection accuracy of flight operation significantly reduced and the reaction time was significantly prolonged; the standard deviation of R-R intervals(SDNN) significantly decreased, while the mean heart rate exhibited little change; the score of NASA_TLX scale significantly increased. On this basis, the indexes sensitive to mental workload were screened, and an integrated model for the discrimination and prediction of mental workload of aircraft cockpit display interface was established based on the Bayesian Fisher discrimination and classification method. The original validation and cross-validation methods were employed to test the accuracy of the results of discrimination and prediction of the integrated model, and the average prediction accuracies determined by these two methods are both higher than 85%. Meanwhile, the integrated model shows a higher accuracy in discrimination and prediction of mental workload compared with single indexes. The model proposed in this paper exhibits a satisfactory coincidence with the measured data and could accurately reflect the variation characteristics of the mental workload of aircraft cockpit display interface, thus providing a basis for the ergonomic evaluation and optimization design of the aircraft cockpit display interface in the future.
The digital simulation technology is adopted to establish the flight environment and scenario,which realizes the flight display instrument interface and unusual attitude recovery task.The humancomputer interaction(HCI) experiment is carried out in the flight simulation system,and the behavior performances and physiological parameters are recorded as the evaluation indices of mental workload.Participants are required to perform the unusual attitude recovery tasks and keep monitoring the target flight indicators.Once the unusual attitude occurs,the corresponding operation of steering wheel is expected to be taken immediately to response and eliminate it.The results show that most of behavior performances and physiological parameters are sensitive to mental workload and some of the indices are significantly correlative.
