Open AccessPathway concepts experiment for head-down synthetic vision displays
Author(s) -
Lawrence J. Prinzel,
Jarvis J. Arthur,
Lynda J. Kramer,
Randall E. Bailey
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
proceedings of spie, the international society for optical engineering/proceedings of spie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.192
H-Index - 176
eISSN - 1996-756X
pISSN - 0277-786X
DOI - 10.1117/12.545580
Subject(s) - workload , baseline (sea) , computer science , ball (mathematics) , head (geology) , computer vision , artificial intelligence , aeronautics , simulation , engineering , geology , mathematics , mathematical analysis , oceanography , geomorphology , operating system
Eight 757 commercial,airline captains flew 22 approaches using the Reno Sparks 16R Visual Arrival under simulated Category I conditions. Approaches ,were flown using a head-down ,synthetic vision display to evaluate ,four tunnel (“minimal”, “box”, “dynamic pathway”, “dynamic crow’s feet”) and three guidance (“ball”, “tadpole”, “follow-me aircraft”) concepts and compare their efficacy to a baseline condition (i.e., no tunnel, ball guidance). The results showed that the tunnel concepts significantly improved ,pilot performance ,and situation awareness ,and lowered workload compared,to the baseline condition. The dynamic,crow’s feet tunnel and follow-me aircraft guidance concepts were found to be ,the best candidates for future synthetic vision head-down ,displays. These ,results are discussed with implications for synthetic vision display design and future research. Keywords: Synthetic Vision, Head-Down Displays, Aviation Safety, Tunnel, Pathways, Guidance Symbology
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