Geometric modeling of flight information for graphical cockpit display

Author

Kanko, Capt M A ; Amburn, Maj P.

Author_Institution

US Air Force Inst. of Technol., Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, USA

fYear

1988

fDate

23-27 May 1988

Firstpage

201

Abstract

The authors discuss the design and implementation of a computer graphics-based environment capable of modeling tactical situation arenas as viewed from the cockpit. A user can position mountains, hostile threat envelopes, and a projected flightpath through the region. The resulting three-dimensional models are intended to be used to prototype graphical formats for future aircraft. An overall goal of this investigation was to allow the cockpit researcher to create an entirely new tactical solution display model in less than one hour via mouse input

Keywords

aerospace simulation; aircraft instrumentation; computer graphics; display instrumentation; military systems; aerospace simulation; aircraft; aircraft instrumentation; computer graphics-based environment; flight information; geometric modelling; graphical cockpit display; hostile threat envelopes; mountains; mouse input; projected flightpath; three-dimensional models; Computer displays; Contracts; Government; Mice; Military aircraft; Military computing; Prototypes; Solid modeling; Three dimensional displays; Weapons;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace and Electronics Conference, 1988. NAECON 1988., Proceedings of the IEEE 1988 National

Conference_Location

Dayton, OH

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NAECON.1988.195015

Filename

195015