HawkEye: a novel process automation interface

Operators in the automation industries today have difficulties in maintaining their situation awareness and understanding the impact of events. Massive amounts of data must be perceived and made sense of in a short amount of time, and maintaining overview is difficult while digging deep into the details when solving problems. The HawkEye prototype described here seeks to overcome these problems by providing a zoomable interface with animated movement and information aggregation. The intentions are that the information layout with zooming can provide a better sense of context, the animated movement can support continuous learning and the information aggregation can help operators make sense of the events and their implications as they occur.