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Air traffic control tower (ATCT) controllers utilize perceptual cues from the environment to visually acquire objects in the air and on the ground. The terms “detect,” “recognize,” and “identify” are generally accepted by researchers and evaluators in terms of visual object discrimination. However, these terms do not consider environmental context or object change in state over time. These terms are also difficult to assess in an operational manner, and may not take into consideration visual cues impacted by the transition from an “out the window” view to a video screen. Operational visual requirements for ATCT tasks were created and linked to the terms “detect,” “recognize,” and “identify.” Multiple operational requirements were unable to link to these terms and a gap was shown with perceptual cues used in ATCT tasks. To fill this need, the terms “observe” and “verify” were defined visually and linked to the appropriate requirements.
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Kinsella, A., Smith, L., Collins, R., Berry, K. (2020). An Eye in the Sky: Developing a Novel Framework for Visual Airport Traffic Control Tower Tasks. In: Stanton, N. (eds) Advances in Human Factors of Transportation. AHFE 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 964. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20503-4_62
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