Publication detail

Evaluation of the Pilot's Mental Workload during a Real Flight Based on Heart Rate Measurement with a Smartwatch

Hana Procházková, Miroslav Šplíchal, Jiří Chlebek

English title

Evaluation of the Pilot's Mental Workload during a Real Flight Based on Heart Rate Measurement with a Smartwatch

Type

conference paper

Language

en

Original abstract

This paper presents the results of an experiment designed to evaluate a pilot's mental workload while operating a recreational aircraft using commercially available wearable electronics in a real flight environment. The conducted experiment primarily focused on monitoring heart rate as an indicator of the pilot's mental workload level. This indicator was chosen due to its widespread availability in commercially available wearable electronics. Four pilots with varying levels of flight experience performed identical flights involving tasks designed to gradually increase their workload. The results show that the pilot's recorded heart rate increased as expected, especially in student pilots. When compared to the subjective rating, it correlated only in half of the cases.

English abstract

This paper presents the results of an experiment designed to evaluate a pilot's mental workload while operating a recreational aircraft using commercially available wearable electronics in a real flight environment. The conducted experiment primarily focused on monitoring heart rate as an indicator of the pilot's mental workload level. This indicator was chosen due to its widespread availability in commercially available wearable electronics. Four pilots with varying levels of flight experience performed identical flights involving tasks designed to gradually increase their workload. The results show that the pilot's recorded heart rate increased as expected, especially in student pilots. When compared to the subjective rating, it correlated only in half of the cases.

Keywords in English

mental workload, wearable electronics, pilot, flight, heart rate, human factor

Released

08.05.2024

Publisher

IEEE Xplore

ISSN

2694-7854

Book

24th International Conference on New Trends in Civil Aviation

Edition number

199362

Pages from–to

35–40

Pages count

6

BIBTEX


@inproceedings{BUT188607,
  author="Hana {Procházková} and Miroslav {Šplíchal} and Jiří {Chlebek},
  title="Evaluation of the Pilot's Mental Workload during a Real Flight Based on Heart Rate Measurement with a Smartwatch",
  booktitle="24th International Conference on New Trends in Civil Aviation",
  year="2024",
  month="May",
  pages="35--40",
  publisher="IEEE Xplore",
  issn="2694-7854"
}