Flight trial of a helmet-mounted display image stabilisation system
Flight trial of a helmet-mounted display image stabilisation system
An image stabilisation system for improving reading performance with a helmet-mounted display (HMD) during wholebody vibration was tested at night in a helicopter. Six subjects read arrays of 50 numerals as quickly and as accurately as possible while flying in three different flight controls. The mean reading time for each array while stationary on the ground was approximately 21 s, and the mean reading error was 0.4% without stabilisation. In-flight mean reading time increased to approximately 40 s, and reading error was 18% without the stabilisation system. Stabilising the image significantly reduced the mean in-flight time to approximately 25 s with a 4% reading error. Data from the flight trial support the results of previous experiments, which suggest that HMD reading performance with vibration and night viewing conditions may be inferior to performance with daylight conditions.
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Wells, M.J.
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Griffin, M.J.
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1 January 1987
Wells, M.J.
894f563d-ebbf-4d33-ab44-b2e4a3ab2d63
Griffin, M.J.
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Wells, M.J. and Griffin, M.J.
(1987)
Flight trial of a helmet-mounted display image stabilisation system.
Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine, 58 (4), .
Abstract
An image stabilisation system for improving reading performance with a helmet-mounted display (HMD) during wholebody vibration was tested at night in a helicopter. Six subjects read arrays of 50 numerals as quickly and as accurately as possible while flying in three different flight controls. The mean reading time for each array while stationary on the ground was approximately 21 s, and the mean reading error was 0.4% without stabilisation. In-flight mean reading time increased to approximately 40 s, and reading error was 18% without the stabilisation system. Stabilising the image significantly reduced the mean in-flight time to approximately 25 s with a 4% reading error. Data from the flight trial support the results of previous experiments, which suggest that HMD reading performance with vibration and night viewing conditions may be inferior to performance with daylight conditions.
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Published date: 1 January 1987
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ISSN: 0095-6562
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