Abstract
A field study was conducted to investigate the sensitivity of human participants in detecting the invasion of a drone in the airspace. A Phantom 4 quadcopter was remotely controlled to hovering at air locations inside or outside of a stadium. Twenty participants were requested to determine whether the drone has invaded in the test field or not on a five-point scale. The participants also responded whether they have heard the sound of the drone. The nonparametric measures of the sensitivity of drone invasion detection, or P(A), were calculated. The results indicated that the distance between the drone and the boundary of the airspace significantly affected the P(A) while the effects of drone altitude were not significant. The participants were not unbiased detectors. They tended to respond “probably yes,” in general, when they spotted a drone near the airspace. The hearing of the sound of the drone provided partial cues in drone invasion detection.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 78-85 |
| Journal | Human Factors and Ergonomics In Manufacturing |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Online published | 21 Aug 2018 |
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| Publication status | Published - Jan 2019 |
Funding
The authors thank S. J. Chang, a graduate student with the Department of Industrial Management at Chung Hua University, for his assistance in the study. This study was supported partially by a funding from the Hunan Institute of Technology (HQ16004).
Research Keywords
- airspace invasion
- rating scale task
- response bias
- signal detection
- unmanned aircraft vehicle
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