TY - GEN
T1 - Supporting situation awareness in demanding operating environments through wearable user interfaces
AU - Laarni, Jari
AU - Heinilä, J.
AU - Häkkinen, J.
AU - Kalakoski, V.
AU - Kallinen, K.
AU - Lukander, K.
AU - Löppönen, P.
AU - Palomäki, T.
AU - Ravaja, N.
AU - Savioja, Paula
AU - Väätänen, A.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - The military environment is physically and mentally
extremely stressful. Tasks in the operating environment
are varied, demanding and hazardous. Due to these
challenges, new user interfaces (UIs) are required
providing improved soldier protection and performance
both in day-time and night-time conditions. The new UIs
should, e.g., improve the soldier's situation awareness,
i.e., perception of information, integration of pieces of
information, determination of their relevance to one's
goals, and projection of their status in the future. The
aim of the Finnish project called "Supporting situation
awareness in demanding operating environments through
wearable interfaces" is to develop UIs for wearable
computers that help the special force soldier carry out
his/her main critical tasks, e.g., detection and
identification of enemies and features of the surrounding
environment, navigation and self-localization,
development of tactics and communication between and
within military units. The main portions of the work are
task and work analysis, and conceptual design and
evaluation of prototype systems. The present paper
present the project and the methods that are used in the
functional analysis of military tasks.
AB - The military environment is physically and mentally
extremely stressful. Tasks in the operating environment
are varied, demanding and hazardous. Due to these
challenges, new user interfaces (UIs) are required
providing improved soldier protection and performance
both in day-time and night-time conditions. The new UIs
should, e.g., improve the soldier's situation awareness,
i.e., perception of information, integration of pieces of
information, determination of their relevance to one's
goals, and projection of their status in the future. The
aim of the Finnish project called "Supporting situation
awareness in demanding operating environments through
wearable interfaces" is to develop UIs for wearable
computers that help the special force soldier carry out
his/her main critical tasks, e.g., detection and
identification of enemies and features of the surrounding
environment, navigation and self-localization,
development of tactics and communication between and
within military units. The main portions of the work are
task and work analysis, and conceptual design and
evaluation of prototype systems. The present paper
present the project and the methods that are used in the
functional analysis of military tasks.
KW - Situation Awareness
KW - Cognitive Task Analysis
KW - Military Domain
KW - Wearable User Interface
KW - Future Soldier
KW - Future Warrior
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-02728-4_2
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-02728-4_2
M3 - Conference article in proceedings
SN - 978-3-642-02727-7
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science
SP - 13
EP - 21
BT - Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics, EPCE 2009 proceedings
A2 - Harris, D.
PB - Springer
CY - Berlin
T2 - 8th International Conference on Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics, EPCE 2009
Y2 - 19 July 2009 through 24 July 2009
ER -