OPTIMAL SYNTHESIS INC. — National Aeronautics and Space Administration SBIR Phase I: Optimal Synthesis Inc.(OSI) proposes to develop an aiding tool for user interface design t

OPTIMAL SYNTHESIS INC. — SBIR Phase I award from National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Amount
$125,000
Agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Program / Phase
SBIR · Phase I
NAICS
Place of performance
CA
Period
2013-05-23 → 2013-11-23

Description

Optimal Synthesis Inc.(OSI) proposes to develop an aiding tool for user interface design that is based on mathematical formalism of hybrid system theory. The correctness of information content of a user interface is ensured by a special observability test that takes into account of human cognition and psychology. A possible mismatch between an operational mode perceived by a human operator and the one active in a machine is detected via an algorithm that infers the intent of the human operator and generates an alert if a discrepancy from the mode of the machine is found. The developed tool is evaluated by considering standard operations in the national air space in the absence and the presence of a system fault.