Crew and display concepts evaluation for synthetic/enhanced vision systems

Randall E. Bailey; Lynda J. Kramer; Lawrence J Prinzel III

doi:10.1117/12.666711

20 May 2006 Crew and display concepts evaluation for synthetic/enhanced vision systems

Randall E. Bailey, Lynda J. Kramer, Lawrence J Prinzel III

Proceedings Volume 6226, Enhanced and Synthetic Vision 2006; 62260G (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.666711
Event: Defense and Security Symposium, 2006, Orlando (Kissimmee), Florida, United States

Abstract

NASA's Synthetic Vision Systems (SVS) project is developing technologies with practical applications that strive to eliminate low-visibility conditions as a causal factor to civil aircraft accidents and replicate the operational benefits of clear day flight operations, regardless of the actual outside visibility condition. Enhanced Vision System (EVS) technologies are analogous and complementary in many respects to SVS, with the principle difference being that EVS is an imaging sensor presentation, as opposed to a database-derived image. The use of EVS in civil aircraft is projected to increase rapidly as the Federal Aviation Administration recently changed the aircraft operating rules under Part 91, revising the flight visibility requirements for conducting operations to civil airports. Operators conducting straight-in instrument approach procedures may now operate below the published approach minimums when using an approved EVS that shows the required visual references on the pilot's Head-Up Display. An experiment was conducted to evaluate the complementary use of SVS and EVS technologies, specifically focusing on new techniques for integration and/or fusion of synthetic and enhanced vision technologies and crew resource management while operating under the newly adopted FAA rules which provide operating credit for EVS. Overall, the experimental data showed that significant improvements in SA without concomitant increases in workload and display clutter could be provided by the integration and/or fusion of synthetic and enhanced vision technologies for the pilot-flying and the pilot-not-flying.

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Randall E. Bailey, Lynda J. Kramer, and Lawrence J Prinzel III "Crew and display concepts evaluation for synthetic/enhanced vision systems", Proc. SPIE 6226, Enhanced and Synthetic Vision 2006, 62260G (20 May 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.666711

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