The glass dome: low-occlusion obstacle symbols for conformal displays

Niklas Peinecke; Alvaro Chignola; Daniela Schmid; Hartmut Friedl

doi:10.1117/12.2223597

13 May 2016 The glass dome: low-occlusion obstacle symbols for conformal displays

Niklas Peinecke, Alvaro Chignola, Daniela Schmid, Hartmut Friedl

Proceedings Volume 9839, Degraded Visual Environments: Enhanced, Synthetic, and External Vision Solutions 2016; 983907 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2223597
Event: SPIE Defense + Security, 2016, Baltimore, MD, United States

Abstract

Contemporary helmet mounted displays integrate high-resolution display units together with precise head-tracking solutions. This combination oﬀers the opportunity to show symbols in a conformal way. Conformality here means that a hazard symbol is linked to the outside scenery. Thus, a pilot intuitively understands the connection between the symbol and its corresponding terrain feature, even if the feature is not fully visible due to degraded visual conditions. To accomplish this purpose the symbol has to be suﬃciently noticeable in terms of size and brightness. However, this gives rise to the danger that parts of the outside scenery are occluded by the symbol. Furthermore, symbols should not clutter the display, in order not to distract the pilot. We present a solution framework of highlighting obstacles by symbols that balance low occlusion against noticeability. Our concept allows including diﬀerent representations for individual classes of obstacles in a uniﬁed way. We detail the implementation of the display symbols. Finally, we present results of a ﬁrst acceptance test with pilots.

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Niklas Peinecke, Alvaro Chignola, Daniela Schmid, and Hartmut Friedl "The glass dome: low-occlusion obstacle symbols for conformal displays", Proc. SPIE 9839, Degraded Visual Environments: Enhanced, Synthetic, and External Vision Solutions 2016, 983907 (13 May 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2223597

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