Preliminary Operability Assessment of the Interactive Imagery Exploitation (INIMEX) Imagery Analyst Interface.

摘要

A preliminary user interface assessment of the Interactive Imagery Exploitation (InImEx) system was conducted to serve as a foundation for the development of the InImEx human-computer interface (HCI) concept. Four imagery analysts, assigned to the National Air Intelligence Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, served as subject matter experts (SMEs). One additional SME was obtained from the Systems Engineering and Integration Division of Adroit Systems Inc., Dayton, Ohio, a contractor supporting AFRL/HECA in the areas of operability/usability assessment, systems engineering, and technical analysis. This additional SME had extensive imagery analysis experience both in his current occupations and during prior military assignments. The overall finding was that the InImEx HCI, based on a 'zoomable user interface', offered significant potential for acceptance by the USAF intelligence community. Although the maturity of the imagery exploitation toolset represented by the version of InImEx available for use in this assessment was quite limited, the underlying concepts of georegistered, hierarchical data/imagery sets, lenses, and semantic zooming were, in general, very well received by the SMEs. The evaluation produced both general findings and specific recommendations for the further maturation of the InImEx capability.