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AssigneesUniversity of West Florida, The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
InventorsDavid L. Still, Leonard A. Temme
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A human centered informational display is disclosed that can be used with vehicles (e.g. aircraft) and in other operational environments where rapid human centered comprehension of an operational environment is required. The informational display integrates all cockpit information into a single display in such a way that the pilot can clearly understand with a glance, his or her spatial orientation, flight performance, engine status and power management issues, radio aids, and the location of other air traffic, runways, weather, and terrain features. With OZ the information is presented as an integrated whole, the pilot instantaneously recognizes flight path deviations, and is instinctively drawn to the corrective maneuvers. Our laboratory studies indicate that OZ transfers to the pilot all of the integrated display information in less than 200 milliseconds. The reacquisition of scan can be accomplished just as quickly. Thus, the time constants for forming a mental model are near instantaneous. The pilot's ability to keep up with rapidly changing and threatening environments is tremendously enhanced. OZ is most easily compatible with aircraft that has flight path information coded electronically. With the correct sensors (which are currently available) OZ can be installed in essentially all current aircraft
In a vehicle in which a sensing system is configured to sense orientation and location parameters of the vehicle and a plurality of operational parameters of the vehicle, and a processing system is configured to process the sensed parameters for display on a visual display, an improved visual display configuration comprising non alpha numeric perceptual primitives configured into metaphorical structures whose appearance, location, and interactivity conveys information simultaneously about the orientation, location and operational parameters of the vehicle, and the processing system is configured to process the sensed parameters and to produce the visual display in non alpha numeric perceptual primitives according to the metaphorical structures, wherein the vehicle is an aircraft, said visual display is configured to be at least partially within a viewer's peripheral vision field, and at least part of the operational parameters are conveyed by perceptual primitives within the viewer's peripheral vision field, and the operational parameters include the drag curve for the aircraft and the airspeed of the aircraft.
In a vehicle in which a sensing system is configured to sense orientation and location parameters of the vehicle and a plurality of operational parameters of the vehicle, and a processing system is configured to process the sensed parameters for display on a visual display, an improved visual display configuration comprising non alpha numeric perceptual primitives configured into metaphorical structures whose appearance, location, and interactivity conveys information simultaneously about the orientation, location and operational parameters of the vehicle, and the processing system is configured to process the sensed parameters and to produce the visual display in non alpha numeric perceptual primitives according to the metaphorical structures, wherein said visual display is configured to be at least partially within a viewer's peripheral vision field, and at least part of the operational parameters are conveyed by perceptual primitives within the viewer's peripheral vision field, and wherein said location and orientation parameters include a three dimensional star field metaphor which is at least partially within a viewer's peripheral vision field.
In a vehicle in which a sensing system is configured to sense orientation and location parameters of the vehicle and a plurality of operational parameters of the vehicle, and a processing system is configured to process the sensed parameters for display on a visual display, an improved visual display configuration comprising non alpha numeric perceptual primitives configured into metaphorical structures whose appearance, location, and interactivity conveys information simultaneously about the orientation, location and operational parameters of the vehicle, and the processing system is configured to process the sensed parameters and to produce the visual display in non alpha numeric perceptual primitives according to the metaphorical structures, wherein said visual display is configured to be at least partially within a viewer's peripheral vision field, and at least part of the operational parameters are conveyed by perceptual primitives within the viewer's peripheral vision field, wherein the orientation and location parameters include orientation and location parameters of the vehicle relative to objects located within a 360 degree field of the vehicle, and wherein the metaphorical structures are configured to display the objects within the 360 degree field of the vehicle in a three dimensional display and to display the movement of the vehicle and the movement of the objects in the three dimensional display utilizing the angular scale of the three dimensional display.
In a vehicle in which a sensing system is configured to sense orientation and location parameters of the vehicle and a plurality of operational parameters of the vehicle, and a processing system is configured to process the sensed parameters for display on a visual display, an improved visual display configuration comprising non alpha numeric perceptual primitives configured into metaphorical structures whose appearance, location, and interactivity conveys information simultaneously about the orientation, location and operational parameters of the vehicle, and the processing system is configured to process the sensed parameters and to produce the visual display in non alpha numeric perceptual primitives according to the metaphorical structures, wherein said visual display is configured to be at least partially within a viewer's peripheral vision field, and at least part of the operational parameters are conveyed by perceptual primitives within the viewer's peripheral vision field wherein the orientation and location parameters are represented by visual primitives forming a three dimensional display representing an externally stable frame of reference, and wherein the metaphorical structures include a representation of the movement of the vehicle in the three dimensional display utilizing the angular scale of the three dimensional display.
Apparatus comprising an informational display for use in controlling a vehicle in which a sensing system is configured to sense orientation and location parameters of the vehicle and a plurality of operational parameters of the vehicle, and a processing system is configured to process the sensed parameters for display on a visual display, an improved visual display configuration comprising non alpha numeric perceptual primitives configured into metaphorical structures whose appearance, location, and interactivity conveys information simultaneously about the orientation, location and operational parameters of the vehicle, and the processing system is configured to process the sensed parameters and to produce the visual display in non alpha numeric perceptual primitives according to the metaphorical structures, wherein said visual display is configured to be at least partially within a viewer's peripheral vision field, and at least part of the operational parameters are conveyed by perceptual primitives within the viewer's peripheral vision field, and wherein said location and orientation parameters include a three dimensional star field metaphor which is at least partially within a viewer's peripheral vision field.
Apparatus comprising an informational display for use in controlling a vehicle in which a sensing system is configured to sense orientation and location parameters of the vehicle and a plurality of operational parameters of the vehicle, and a processing system is configured to process the sensed parameters for display on a visual display, an improved visual display configuration comprising non alpha numeric perceptual primitives configured into metaphorical structures whose appearance, location, and interactivity conveys information simultaneously about the orientation, location and operational parameters of the vehicle, and the processing system is configured to process the sensed parameters and to produce the visual display in non alpha numeric perceptual primitives according to the metaphorical structures, wherein said visual display is configured to be at least partially within a viewer's peripheral vision field, and at least part of the operational parameters are conveyed by perceptual primitives within the viewer's peripheral vision field, wherein the orientation and location parameters include orientation and location parameters of the vehicle relative to objects located within a 360 degree field of the vehicle, and wherein the metaphorical structures are configured to display the objects within the 360 degree field of the vehicle in a three dimensional display and to display the movement of the vehicle and the movement of the objects in the three dimensional display utilizing the angular scale of the three dimensional display.
Apparatus comprising an informational display for use in controlling a vehicle in which a sensing system is configured to sense orientation and location parameters of the vehicle and a plurality of operational parameters of the vehicle, and a processing system is configured to process the sensed parameters for display on a visual display, an improved visual display configuration comprising non alpha numeric perceptual primitives configured into metaphorical structures whose appearance, location, and interactivity conveys information simultaneously about the orientation, location and operational parameters of the vehicle, and the processing system is configured to process the sensed parameters and to produce the visual display in non alpha numeric perceptual primitives according to the metaphorical structures, wherein said visual display is configured to be at least partially within a viewer's peripheral vision field, and at least part of the operational parameters are conveyed by perceptual primitives within the viewer's peripheral vision field, wherein the orientation and location parameters are represented by visual primitives forming a three dimensional display representing an externally stable frame of reference, and wherein the metaphorical structures include a representation of the movement of the vehicle in the three dimensional display utilizing the angular scale of the three dimensional display.
Apparatus comprising an informational display for use in controlling a vehicle in which a sensing system is configured to sense orientation and location parameters of the vehicle and a plurality of operational parameters of the vehicle, and a processing system is configured to process the sensed parameters for display on a visual display, an improved visual display configuration comprising non alpha numeric perceptual primitives configured into metaphorical structures whose appearances location, and interactivity conveys information simultaneously about the orientation, location and operational parameters of the vehicle, and the processing system is configured to process the sensed parameters and to produce the visual display in non alpha numeric perceptual primitives according to the metaphorical structures, wherein the vehicle is an aircraft, said visual display is configured to be at least partially within a viewer's peripheral vision field, and at least part of the operational parameters are conveyed by perceptual primitives within the viewer's peripheral vision field, and the operational parameters include the drag curve for the aircraft and the airspeed of the aircraft.
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