Visual Interaction and Human Effectiveness in the Cockpit

Projektinformationen

VINTHEC

ID Finanzhilfevereinbarung: BRPR950037

Projekt abgeschlossen

Startdatum 1 Januar 1996

Enddatum 31 Dezember 1998

Finanziert unter

• Specific research and technological development programme in the field of industrial and materials technologies, 1994-1998

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Koordiniert durch

STICHTING NATIONAAL LUCHT- EN RUIMTEVAART LABORATORIUM
Netherlands

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Verwertbare Ergebnisse

Visual Interaction and Human Effectiveness in the Cockpit; VINTHEC

The main objectives of VINTHEC were to develop an Eye-Point-Of-Gaze measurement methodology for application in civil flight simulators. This methodology was to be implemented in a number of fixed and moving based simulators representing modern glass cockpit airliners. An important goal of the project was to find and list the integration problems and to work on solutions for any difficulty found. Anticipating a successful implementation in the simulator the consortium said it would evaluate the applicability of the EPOG methodology for assessment of pilot Situation Awareness (SA). Another potential application area envisaged is that of pilot training, as EPOG is expected to provide insight on pilot scanning behaviour and may therefore help in a better understanding of training progress. With the EPOG equipment installed in the simulators at NLR and BAe data was to be collected on pilot scanning behaviour in normal and abnormal situations. Further, explicit goals of the project were to provide guidelines for the measurement and analysis of EPOG data, particularly as they relate to the assessment of SA. At the end of the project it was estimated that the project had met about 90% of its objectives. The results obtained are considered to be highly relevant to the aviation industry as it opens the door to a wealth of information to improve existing and future cockpit systems. However, there may be a lack of awareness in the industry on the potential of this type of methods. In addition it should be said that, as a basic research project, VINTHEC did not have real industrial objectives. The project did not directly result in an exploitable product though it consisted of real innovative work. In VINTHEC one of the first attempts was made to use theories on SA in an operational environment. It is therefore claimed that VINTHEC has delivered state-of-the-art results on SA and EPOG.