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2017 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

A Field Study of Multimodal Alerts for an Autonomous Threat Detection System

Authors : Erin T. Solovey, Pallavi Powale, M. L. Cummings

Published in: Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics: Cognition and Design

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Every year, inattentive or impaired drivers strike law enforcement officials, emergency personnel, and other workers by the roadside. Preventative efforts include making at-risk parties more conspicuous to oncoming motorists in order to prompt safer driving behaviors. In contrast, this work evaluates active alerting mechanisms designed to induce defensive action from at-risk roadside personnel once a hazardous situation has been autonomously detected. This paper reports on field investigations with state police to capture their cognitive requirements for this dynamic environment, as well as the design of four alert prototypes for a high noise, low-light environment such as a highway shoulder. We discuss implications for such future autonomous systems and argue that such active defensive alert mechanisms could improve roadside safety and save lives.

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Metadata
Title
A Field Study of Multimodal Alerts for an Autonomous Threat Detection System
Authors
Erin T. Solovey
Pallavi Powale
M. L. Cummings
Copyright Year
2017
Book
Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics: Cognition and Design

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-58474-4

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-58475-1

Copyright Year: 2017

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58475-1_29