Visual Interaction and Human Effectiveness in the Cockpit

Informations projet

VINTHEC

N° de convention de subvention: BRPR950037

Projet clôturé

Date de début 1 Janvier 1996

Date de fin 31 Decembre 1998

Financé au titre de

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

Coût total

Aucune donnée

Contribution de l’UE

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Coordonné par

STICHTING NATIONAAL LUCHT- EN RUIMTEVAART LABORATORIUM
Netherlands

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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.