Paper Info
Title
An indoor study to evaluate a mixed-reality interface for unmanned aerial vehicle operations in near earth environments
Abstract
As the appeal and proliferation of UAVs increase, they are beginning to encounter environments and scenarios for which they were not initially designed. As such, changes to the way UAVs are operated, specifically the operator interface, are being developed to address the newly emerging challenges. Efforts to increase pilot situational awareness led to the development of a mixed reality chase view piloting interface. Chase view is similar to a view of being towed behind the aircraft. It combines real world onboard camera images with a virtual representation of the vehicle and the surrounding operating environment. A series of UAV piloting experiments were performed using a flight simulation package, UAV sensor suite, and an indoor, six degree of freedom, robotic gantry. Subjects' behavioral performance while using an onboard camera view and a mixed reality chase view interface during missions was analyzed. Subjects' cognitive workload during missions was also assessed using subjective measures such as NASA task load index and non-subjective brain activity measurements using a functional Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIR) system. Behavioral analysis showed that the chase view interface improved pilot performance in near Earth flights and increased their situational awareness. fNIR analysis showed that a subjects cognitive workload was significantly less while using the chase view interface.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1145/2377576.2377617
PerMIS
Keywords
Field
DocType
near earth environment,mixed-reality interface,unmanned aerial vehicle operation,uavs increase,onboard camera view,uav sensor suite,indoor study,mixed reality chase view,operator interface,behavioral analysis,uav piloting experiment,chase view interface,chase view,subjects cognitive workload,mixed reality
Computer vision,Operating environment,Suite,Computer science,Simulation,Situation awareness,Virtual representation,Onboard camera,Chase,Flight simulator,Artificial intelligence,Mixed reality
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
4
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
James T. Hing1576.98
Justin Menda241.55
Kurtulus Izzetoglu318326.97
Paul Y. Oh428951.08