Human Interface and the Management of Information

Best Paper Award for the Human Interface and the Management of Information thematic area, in the context of HCI International 2013, 21-26 July 2013, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Certificate for Best Paper Award of the Human Interface and the Management of Information thematic area
conferred to

Eric Park, Jose Robles, Paul Sim, Ryan O’Connor, Martin T. Koltz, Gregory B. Arnsdorff, Panadda Marayong, Thomas Z. Strybel, and Kim-Phuong L. Vu
(California State University, Long Beach, USA)

for the paper entitled

"Development of Haptic Assistance for Route Assessment Tool of NASA NextGen Cockpit Situation Display"

Presented in the context of HCI International 2013
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
21-26 July 2013

Paper Abstract
"The NextGen Cockpit Situation Display (CSD), developed by NASA Ames’s Flight Deck Display Laboratory, provides advanced flight control functionalities and traffic/weather displays to pilots [1]. Traditionally, the user operates with the CSD using a computer mouse and receives only visual feedback about the controlling actions. In this work, we integrate force feedback in the Route Assessment Tools of the CSD, where the user can manage the flight plan to resolve conflicts in real-time. A spring force, with a variable stiffness coefficient, was used to model the force feedback with its strength varying proportionally to the overall path length. Force display was provided as an indicator of the effort required to deviate from the optimal path to assist the user in decision making. The force feedback models were evaluated on a software testbed created on Microsoft Foundation Class with the Novint Falcon haptic-feedback input device."

The full paper is available through SpringerLink, provided that you have proper access rights.