Mixed method approach in designing flight decks with touch screens: a framework

Touch screen technology’s first public appearance was in the early 2000s. Touch screens became a part of the daily life with the invention of smartphones and tablets. Now, this technology has the potential to be the next big change in flight deck design. To date, mobile devices are deployed by sever...

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Main Authors: Avsar, Huseyin, Fischer, Joel E., Rodden, Tom
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Published: 2016
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37399/
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author Avsar, Huseyin
Fischer, Joel E.
Rodden, Tom
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description Touch screen technology’s first public appearance was in the early 2000s. Touch screens became a part of the daily life with the invention of smartphones and tablets. Now, this technology has the potential to be the next big change in flight deck design. To date, mobile devices are deployed by several air carriers to perform a host of non-safety critical pre-flight and in-flight tasks. Due to high safety requirements requested by authorities, new technologies cannot be adopted as fast as in other settings. Flight deck evolution, which is briefly presented in this paper, is reflecting this natural time delay. Avionics manufacturers are exploring and working on future concepts with touch screen displays. This paper investigates the potential benefits and challenges of touch screen technology on flight decks by means of a variety of qualitative and quantitative research methods (mixed method approach). On the basis of this, a framework was constructed showing the relation between various aspects that could impact the usability of touch screens on the flight deck. This paper concludes with a preliminary questionnaire that can help avionic designers to evaluate whether a touch screen is an appropriate user interface for their system.
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spelling nottingham-373992020-05-04T18:09:46Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37399/ Mixed method approach in designing flight decks with touch screens: a framework Avsar, Huseyin Fischer, Joel E. Rodden, Tom Touch screen technology’s first public appearance was in the early 2000s. Touch screens became a part of the daily life with the invention of smartphones and tablets. Now, this technology has the potential to be the next big change in flight deck design. To date, mobile devices are deployed by several air carriers to perform a host of non-safety critical pre-flight and in-flight tasks. Due to high safety requirements requested by authorities, new technologies cannot be adopted as fast as in other settings. Flight deck evolution, which is briefly presented in this paper, is reflecting this natural time delay. Avionics manufacturers are exploring and working on future concepts with touch screen displays. This paper investigates the potential benefits and challenges of touch screen technology on flight decks by means of a variety of qualitative and quantitative research methods (mixed method approach). On the basis of this, a framework was constructed showing the relation between various aspects that could impact the usability of touch screens on the flight deck. This paper concludes with a preliminary questionnaire that can help avionic designers to evaluate whether a touch screen is an appropriate user interface for their system. 2016-09-25 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed Avsar, Huseyin, Fischer, Joel E. and Rodden, Tom (2016) Mixed method approach in designing flight decks with touch screens: a framework. In: IEEE/AIAA 35th Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), 25-29 Sept 2016, Sacramento, USA. Flight deck design Avionics system Mixed method Framework Touch screen Usability Evaluation http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7778066/
spellingShingle Flight deck design
Avionics system
Mixed method
Framework
Touch screen
Usability
Evaluation
Avsar, Huseyin
Fischer, Joel E.
Rodden, Tom
Mixed method approach in designing flight decks with touch screens: a framework
title Mixed method approach in designing flight decks with touch screens: a framework
title_full Mixed method approach in designing flight decks with touch screens: a framework
title_fullStr Mixed method approach in designing flight decks with touch screens: a framework
title_full_unstemmed Mixed method approach in designing flight decks with touch screens: a framework
title_short Mixed method approach in designing flight decks with touch screens: a framework
title_sort mixed method approach in designing flight decks with touch screens: a framework
topic Flight deck design
Avionics system
Mixed method
Framework
Touch screen
Usability
Evaluation
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37399/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37399/