Designing touch-enabled electronic flight bags in SAR helicopter operations

In order to benefit from potential reduced operational costs and crew workload airlines are increasingly interested in touchscreen-based Electronic Flight Bags (EFB). This paper focuses on the specific domain of Search and Rescue (SAR) Helicopters. A first set of results aiming to explore and unders...

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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/37402/
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author Avsar, Huseyin
Fischer, Joel E.
Rodden, Tom
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description In order to benefit from potential reduced operational costs and crew workload airlines are increasingly interested in touchscreen-based Electronic Flight Bags (EFB). This paper focuses on the specific domain of Search and Rescue (SAR) Helicopters. A first set of results aiming to explore and understand potential benefits and challenges of an EFB in a SAR environment will be presented. A review of related work, operational observations and interviews with pilots were conducted to understand and specify the use context. Digital Human Modelling (DHM) software was used to determine physical constraints of an EFB in this type of flight deck. A scenario was developed which will be used in future to define features, content and functionality that a SAR pilot may wish to see in an EFB. Developed initial interface design guidelines are presented.
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spelling nottingham-374022020-05-04T18:03:59Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37402/ Designing touch-enabled electronic flight bags in SAR helicopter operations Avsar, Huseyin Fischer, Joel E. Rodden, Tom In order to benefit from potential reduced operational costs and crew workload airlines are increasingly interested in touchscreen-based Electronic Flight Bags (EFB). This paper focuses on the specific domain of Search and Rescue (SAR) Helicopters. A first set of results aiming to explore and understand potential benefits and challenges of an EFB in a SAR environment will be presented. A review of related work, operational observations and interviews with pilots were conducted to understand and specify the use context. Digital Human Modelling (DHM) software was used to determine physical constraints of an EFB in this type of flight deck. A scenario was developed which will be used in future to define features, content and functionality that a SAR pilot may wish to see in an EFB. Developed initial interface design guidelines are presented. 2016-09-01 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed Avsar, Huseyin, Fischer, Joel E. and Rodden, Tom (2016) Designing touch-enabled electronic flight bags in SAR helicopter operations. In: International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction in Aerospace (HCI-Aero '16), 14-16 September 2016, Paris, France. (In Press) Electronic Flight Bag Touch Screen Search and Rescue Digital Human Modelling Human Centred Design
spellingShingle Electronic Flight Bag
Touch Screen
Search and Rescue
Digital Human Modelling
Human Centred Design
Avsar, Huseyin
Fischer, Joel E.
Rodden, Tom
Designing touch-enabled electronic flight bags in SAR helicopter operations
title Designing touch-enabled electronic flight bags in SAR helicopter operations
title_full Designing touch-enabled electronic flight bags in SAR helicopter operations
title_fullStr Designing touch-enabled electronic flight bags in SAR helicopter operations
title_full_unstemmed Designing touch-enabled electronic flight bags in SAR helicopter operations
title_short Designing touch-enabled electronic flight bags in SAR helicopter operations
title_sort designing touch-enabled electronic flight bags in sar helicopter operations
topic Electronic Flight Bag
Touch Screen
Search and Rescue
Digital Human Modelling
Human Centred Design
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37402/