Evaluation of head-worn display concepts for commercial aircraft taxi operations

Randall E. Bailey; J. J. Arthur III; Lance Prinzel III; Lynda J. Kramer

doi:10.1117/12.717221

1 May 2007 Evaluation of head-worn display concepts for commercial aircraft taxi operations

Randall E. Bailey, J. J. Arthur III, Lance Prinzel III, Lynda J. Kramer

Proceedings Volume 6557, Head- and Helmet-Mounted Displays XII: Design and Applications; 65570Y (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.717221
Event: Defense and Security Symposium, 2007, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

Previous research has demonstrated that a Head-Up Display (HUD) can be used to enable more capacity and safer aircraft surface operations. This previous research also noted that the HUD exhibited two major limitations which hindered the full potential of the display concept: 1) the monochrome HUD format; and, 2) a limited, fixed field of regard. Full-color Head Worn Displays (HWDs) with very small sizes and weights are emerging to the extent that this technology may be practical for commercial and business aircraft operations. By coupling the HWD with a head tracker, full-color, out-the-window display concepts with an unlimited field-of-regard may be realized to improve efficiency and safety in surface operations. A ground simulation experiment was conducted at NASA Langley to evaluate the efficacy of head-worn display applications which may directly address the limitations of the HUD while retaining all of its advantages in surface operations. The simulation experiment used airline crews to evaluate various displays (HUD, HWD) and display concepts in an operationally realistic environment by using a Chicago, O'Hare airport database. The results pertaining to the implications of HWDs for commercial business and transport aviation applications are presented herein. Overall HWD system latency was measured and found to be acceptable, but not necessarily optimal. A few occurrences of simulator sickness were noted while wearing the HWD, but overall there appears to be commercial pilot acceptability and usability to the concept. Many issues were identified which need to be addressed in future research including continued reduction in user encumbrance due to the HWD, and improvement in image alignment, accuracy, and boresighting.

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Randall E. Bailey, J. J. Arthur III, Lance Prinzel III, and Lynda J. Kramer "Evaluation of head-worn display concepts for commercial aircraft taxi operations", Proc. SPIE 6557, Head- and Helmet-Mounted Displays XII: Design and Applications, 65570Y (1 May 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.717221

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