Tactical Applications Of The Helmet Display In Fighter Aircraft.

Barnes, W. Jon. P.

doi:10.1117/12.960910

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“…Emerging technologies that enhance a pilot's visual acquisition of targets becomes evermore critical because "the farther off the target can be detected and tracked, the more effective the intercept tactics can be." (Barnes, 1989) …”

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confidence: 97%

Combined 3-D auditory-visual cueing for a visual target acquisition task

2007

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Previous studies have shown that helmet-mounted displays (HMDs) are advantageous in maintaining situation awareness and increasing the amount of time pilots spend looking off-boresight (Geiselman & Osgood, 1994;Geiselman & Osgood, 1995). However, space is also limited on a HMD and any symbology that is presented takes up valuable space and can occlude a pilot's vision. There has been much research in the area of visual cueing and visual search as they relate to seeking out visual targets in the sky. However, the idea of localized auditory cueing, as it could apply in the realm of air-to-air targeting, is an area less studied. One question is how can we present information such that a pilot's attention will be directed to the object of interest the most quickly? Some different types of target location cueing symbology have been studied to find such aspects of symbology that will aid a pilot most in acquiring a target. The purpose of this study is to determine the best method of cueing a person to visual targets in the shortest amount of time possible using auditory and visual cues in combination. Specifically, participants were presented with different combinations of reflected line cues, standard line cues, and localized auditory cues for primary and secondary targets. The cues were presented using an HMD and 3-D auditory headphones, with a magnetic head tracker used to determine when the participant had visually acquired the targets. The possible benefits of these cues based on the times to acquire are discussed.

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Combined 3-D auditory-visual cueing for a visual target acquisition task

2007

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“…HMS+ is essentially a color-capable version of the Visually Coupled Acquisition and Targeting System (VCATS) HMD, which has been developed mainly to support missile aiming over a large range of pilot head positions and orientations. This aiming ability is a major advantage of HMDs over head-up displays (HUDs), as Barnes (1989) pointed out: "The target is outside the HUD field-of-view during most tactical maneuvers and offsets. The farther off the target can be detected and tracked, the more effective the intercept tactics can be" (p. 149).…”

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Benefits of Color Coding Weapons Symbology for an Airborne Helmet-Mounted Display

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1999

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OhioWe assessed the advantages of a color-coded weapons symbology for a helmetmounted display over monochrome symbology by measuring military pilots' performance while ihey Hew air-to-air combat in a simulator. The pilots fired missiles significantly sooner without sacrificing probability of kill when using the colorcoded symbology, demonstrating a substantial practical benefit of color. Actual or potential applications of this work include the design of color codes for helmet* mounted and other displays that use complex symbology to assist performance on cognitively challenging tasks.

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“…The second set of items asked the pilots to rate the potential for color coding to aid air-to-air targeting tasks: (1) Compared to the all-green symbology set, rate the potential of the color coded HMD symbology you saw to enhance overall mission success; (2) Rate the potential for the color coding you saw to enhance performance compared to the all-green symbology for determining levels of weapons launch readiness; and (3) Rate the potential for the color coding you saw to enhance performance compared to the all-green symbology for target identification and IFF tasks.…”

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confidence: 99%