Title :
An in cockpit `situation awareness´ autostereoscopic avionics display
Author :
Eichenlaub, Jesse ; Touris, Todd
Author_Institution :
Dimension Technol. Inc., Rochester, NY, USA
fDate :
30 Oct-3 Nov 1994
Abstract :
Studies have shown that pilot performance is improved by up to 44% in certain tasks when situational awareness information, on an electronic display, is presented in stereoscopic (3D) format. The United States Air Force has also indicated that LCDs are preferable to CRTs in the cockpit due to their smaller volume, power, and weight. With these efficiencies in mind, DTI has designed and built a prototype autostereoscopic cockpit situation awareness display that generates three dimensional images using an LCD. The pilot can see the 3D images without special glasses from anywhere within a wide viewing volume in front of the LCD. DTI´s autostereoscopic displays are particularly well suited to presenting symbology in 3D space, and flight path information for low visibility, high speed, and low level flying
Keywords :
aircraft displays; avionics; human factors; liquid crystal displays; military avionics; stereo image processing; three-dimensional displays; 3D display; 3D images; Dimension Technologies; United States Air Force; cockpit; electro-mechanical head tracking; electro-optical head tracking; electronic display; flight path information; head position sensor; high speed; low level flying; low visibility; prototype autostereoscopic cockpit; situation awareness autostereoscopic avionics display; stereoscopic format; symbology; three dimensional images; Aerospace electronics; Diffusion tensor imaging; Flat panel displays; Glass; Image generation; Liquid crystal displays; Photonics; Prototypes; Space technology; Three dimensional displays;
Conference_Titel :
Digital Avionics Systems Conference, 1994. 13th DASC., AIAA/IEEE
Conference_Location :
Phoenix, AZ
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2425-0
DOI :
10.1109/DASC.1994.369472
