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Investigating the benefits of 'scene-linking' for a pathway HMD: From laboratory flight experiments to flight tests

Schmerwitz, Sven and Többen, Helmut and Lorenz, Bernd and Kuritz-Kaiser, Anthea and Iijima, Tomoko (2006) Investigating the benefits of 'scene-linking' for a pathway HMD: From laboratory flight experiments to flight tests. In: 2006 Proceeding of SPIE, 6226 (26). SPIE Defense & Security Symposium 2006, 2006-04-17 - 2006-04-21, Orlando, FL (USA).

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Abstract

Pathway-in-the-sky displays enable pilots to accurately fly difficult trajectories. However, these displays may drive pilots’ attention to the aircraft guidance task at the expense of other tasks particularly when the pathway display is located head-down. A pathway HUD may be a viable solution to overcome this disadvantage. Moreover, the pathway may mitigate the perceptual segregation between the static near domain and the dynamic far domain and hence, may improve attention switching between both sources. In order to more comprehensively overcome the perceptual near-to-far domain disconnect alphanumeric symbols could be attached to the pathway leading to a HUD design concept called ‘scene-linking’. Two studies are presented that investigated this concept. The first study used a simplified laboratory flight experiment. Pilots (N=14) flew a curved trajectory through mountainous terrain and had to detect display events (discrete changes in a command speed indicator to be matched with current speed) and outside scene events (hostile SAM station on ground). The speed indicators were presented in superposition to the scenery either in fixed position or scene-linked to the pathway. Outside scene event detection was found improved with scene linking, however, flight-path tracking was markedly deteriorated. In the second study a scene-linked pathway concept was implemented on a monocular retinal scanning HMD and tested in real flights on a Do228 involving 5 test pilots. The flight test mainly focused at usability issues of the display in combination with an optical head tracker. Visual and instrument departure and approach tasks were evaluated comparing HMD navigation with standard instrument or terrestrial navigation. The study revealed limitations of the HMD regarding its see-through capability, field of view, weight and wearing comfort that showed to have a strong influence on pilot acceptance rather than rebutting the approach of the display concept as such.

Item URL in elib:https://elib.dlr.de/43644/
Document Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Poster)
Title:Investigating the benefits of 'scene-linking' for a pathway HMD: From laboratory flight experiments to flight tests
Authors:
AuthorsInstitution or Email of AuthorsAuthor's ORCID iDORCID Put Code
Schmerwitz, SvenUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Többen, HelmutUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Lorenz, BerndUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Kuritz-Kaiser, AntheaTU-BerlinUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Iijima, TomokoUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Date:April 2006
Journal or Publication Title:2006 Proceeding of SPIE
Refereed publication:Yes
Open Access:No
Gold Open Access:No
In SCOPUS:No
In ISI Web of Science:Yes
Volume:6226
Series Name:Enhanced and Synthetic Vision
Status:Published
Keywords:Retinal-scanning display, Head-mounted display, Pathway-predictor guidance, scene-linking, attention capture.
Event Title:SPIE Defense & Security Symposium 2006
Event Location:Orlando, FL (USA)
Event Type:international Conference
Event Dates:2006-04-17 - 2006-04-21
Organizer:SPIE
HGF - Research field:Aeronautics, Space and Transport
HGF - Program:Aeronautics
HGF - Program Themes:ATM and Operation (old)
DLR - Research area:Aeronautics
DLR - Program:L AO - Air Traffic Management and Operation
DLR - Research theme (Project):L - Human Factors and Safety in Aeronautics (old)
Location: Braunschweig
Institutes and Institutions:Institute of Flight Guidance > Pilot Assistance
Institute of Flight Guidance > Systemergonomy
Deposited By: Schmerwitz, Dr.-Ing. Sven
Deposited On:11 May 2006
Last Modified:09 Feb 2017 19:17

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