A Conceptual Design of an Inattention Management Middleware with Adaptive Target Saliency

Nicosia, Max; Kristensson, Per Ola

A Conceptual Design of an Inattention Management Middleware with Adaptive Target Saliency

Authors

Nicosia, Max

Kristensson, Per Ola

Publisher

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
https://doi.org/10.1109/aero47225.2020.9172355

Description

We present a conceptual design of an inattention management middleware with adaptive target saliency. The design objective is to provide mechanisms for managing operator inattention in multi-display multitasking applications. The conceptual design integrates ideas from situational awareness into its mechanisms to provide dynamic target saliency as a means to 1) guide operators through sub-tasks by drawing attention to high priority targets; and 2) guide operators on how to efficiently split their attention between tasks. We motivate the design by analysis of the results following a formative study with a prototype version of the conceptual design.