Objective
This project seeks to develop, characterise and demonstrate a novel display interface that is fully wearable and portable for the delivery of information to users operating in multi-functional contexts. The main applications will be: vision enhancement and navigation in driving, specialised computer assisted operations (surgeons, assembly workers), office applications, entertainment, infotainment, vision enhancement for visually impaired people, etc. The system will be composed of a primary display source, a compact light-guiding system for the projection of images, a variable-transmittance optical window to allow for different background intensities (adaptive see-through), a miniaturised inertial system (based on MEMS technology) for the tracking of head position and orientation (to work in conjunction with a GPS module), a radio-frequency Rx/Tx module for the exchange of information between the interface and the base station (including master navigator, image generator), CMOS camera, speakers, microphone, rechargeable battery and driver electronics.
Work description:
The project has a duration of three years. The workplan is structured to account for the complexity of the project and its objectives. As the objectives include both RTD and characterisation of novel display components, and their integration into advanced information display systems (for improved performance of users under operational and temporal stress), the workplan is broken down into four work phases, and a dissemination/exploitation effort, namely:
a) conceptual system design;%
b) component development and testing;
c) system integration;
d) system assessment, functional and ergonomic field-testing;
e) dissemination and exploitation of the results.
During the first project phase (WP0) the consortium will design a few general conceptual system approaches, which will account for end-user requirements in conjunction with the possibilities and limitations of technical components and system performance.
During the second phase, the individual system components will be developed and analysed. This work phase of component development is broken down into 3 workpackages: WP1 for the development of the eyeglasses components, including the optical modules and the Rx/Tx module for the exchange of real-time video between the interface and the base station, WP2 for the eyeglasses-integrated positioning unit and WP3 for the base station.
In the third phase, the eyeglass interface will be integrated and characterized; the integrated system will incorporate the optical modules developed in WP1 and the inertial measurement unit developed in WP2 along with additional components, such as the CMOS camera, battery, speakers and microphone. The fully integrated system will first be assessed in feasibility test beds.
In the fourth and final technological phase of the project, the system will be evaluated with respect to the automotive as well as to other application contexts, as properly identified in the concept design phase. Finally, the fifth effort is represented by the dissemination and exploitation of the project's results. This effort is included in WP6 of project co-ordination and will be addressed by the consortium and supervised by the assigned dissemination-exploitation manager.
Milestones:
MS0 System and components concepts and target specifications;
MS1.1 Design of the optical modules including the Rx/Tx wireless;
MS1.2 Demonstration of the optical modules;
MS2.1 Algorithms for processing of inertial and navigation data, testing of the IMU Phase 1;
MS2.2 design of IMU Phase 2, feasibility of the system-on-a-chip IMU (phase 3);
MS3.1 Mid-term assessment: specifications and design of the base;
MS3.2 Base station review: assessment of components, assembly and integration procedures;
MS3.3 Base station: demonstration, detailed report describing the assembly and integration procedure, including interface HW and SW.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
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- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationsradio technologyradio frequency
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorsoptical sensors
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ORBASSANO (TO)
Italy