Vibrotactile and visual threat cueing with high g threat intercept in dynamic flight simulation

Vibrotactile and visual threat cueing with high g threat intercept in dynamic flight simulation

Eriksson, L.
van Erp, J.B.F.
Carlander, O.
Levin, B.
van Veen, H.A.H.C.
Veltman, J.E.
TNO Defensie en Veiligheid

2006

In a TNO and FOI joint study, nine fighter pilots participated in a threat detection and intercept experiment in the Swedish Dynamic Flight Simulator. Visual threat cueing with a simulated Gripen aircraft head-up display (HUD) symbology was compared with combined visual and vibrotactile threat cueing by means of the HUD symbology and a TNO Tactile Torso Display consisting of 60 vibrators in a matrix covering the pilot’s torso. Each fighter pilot detected and intercepted 32 threats while pulling G-loads up to +8-9Gz. The high G-loads neither critically affected the tactile vest equipment nor the human sensory system, and visual/tactile cueing generated an overall faster RT to threat pop-ups compared with visual cueing alone. The pilots’ highest ratings of the tactile cueing were for capturing attention and indicating initial threat direction at threat pop-up. Thus, tactile threat cueing could enhance visual cueing and threat awareness in fighter aircraft.

Perception
Computer simulation
Fighter aircraft
Flight simulators
Sensory perception
Vibrotactile aids
Dynamic flight simulation
Head-up display
HUD
Human sensory system
Flight dynamics

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50th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, HFES 2006, 16 October 2006 through 20 October 2006, San Francisco, CA, 1547-1551

conference paper