Title :
An experimental voice command system for management of an integrated navigation system
Author :
Hardwick, C.D. ; Jordan, J.E. ; Swail, C.S. ; Bower, M.E. ; Marcotte, D.L. ; Hoftyzer, G.
Author_Institution :
Flight Res. Lab., Nat. Res. Council, Ottawa, Ont., Canada
Abstract :
An experimental voice command and integrated navigation system is described. The implementation is in a Convair 580 research aircraft. The system uses an interactive cockpit display to provide waypoint and routing management, fuel information, aircraft positioning, and navigation information and flight planning functions. For in situ measurement of physical phenomena, steering information is provided on cockpit course deviation indicators from flight guidance software. These functions are integrated together with a Macrospeak voice recognizer, so that voice commands can be used to control the system from the cockpit. The design of the system is discussed, considering the specialized role of the aircraft, including the various design tradeoffs made. The system was used operationally in its present form during recent field experiments including a magnetic survey over the Arctic Ocean
Keywords :
aerospace computer control; aerospace computing; computerised navigation; display instrumentation; speech recognition; voice communication; Arctic Ocean; Convair 580 research aircraft; Macrospeak voice recognizer; aircraft positioning; experimental voice command system; field experiments; flight planning; fuel information; in situ measurement; integrated navigation; interactive cockpit display; magnetic survey; routing management; voice commands; Aircraft navigation; Arctic; Control systems; Displays; Fuels; Information management; Routing; Sea measurements; Software measurement; Speech recognition;
Conference_Titel :
Digital Avionics Systems Conference, 1992. Proceedings., IEEE/AIAA 11th
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0820-4
DOI :
10.1109/DASC.1992.282094
