Conformal Flight Path Symbology for Head-Up Displays: Defining the Distribution of Visual Attention in Three-Dimensional Space Final technical rept

摘要

An extensive investigation of the format for head-up display (HUD) instrumentation was conducted in a two-part experiment. First, a pilots information requirements for the tasks of approach, landing, and taxi were determined through a survey administered to professional commercial pilots via the world wide web. The results of the survey were applied in the development of two symbology sets, one set for flight navigation and the second for ground navigation. Second, twenty pilots from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign were recruited to participate a 3-day experiment. The study was designed to investigate the format for symbology on HUDs and the performance effects of using conformal and partially conformal symbology to support the pilots tasks. In addition, two different methods were investigated for supporting the pilots transition between the task of flying and the task of landing.