Eurocontrol

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Eurocontrol
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www.eurocontrol.int
Innovative RD Business Unit
INO Tech Projects Horst Hering
horst.hering_at_eurocontrol.fr
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INO Tech Projects

• SafeSound
• ATI
• SkyPen
• VirtualSky
• SkyTrackView

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SkyTrackView

• SkyTrackView Technology
• Head mounted, light weight, holographic
  see-through data browser
• Head motion tracker (supersonic)
• SkyTrackView application
• Recognition of object in focus
• Display of object data
• Real-time

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Objective

• Development
• Application software
• Integration of the hardware
• Experiments/Evaluation
• Lab environment
• HF aspects
• Recognition rate
• Object size/angle
• Discrimination of two objects
• Estimation for real world

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Seen-Object Recognition

• Direction finding
• Inline targeting of
• Observer pupil
• Micro-display indicator (cross-hair, circle, )
• Object in focus
• Head position from supersonic sensor
• Integration of head position and targeting
• Initial calibration with known reference object
• Correlation of integrated head sensor data with
  ATM data base (real world objects)

Micro display
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SkyTrackView Architecture
Mini-World Generator
Supersonic Transmitters
Mini World Display BARCO Baron
Head-tracking Information
Head Sensor
Micro Display Data Browser
ATM Data base
Seen-object Recogniser
Object Data Display Generator
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Advantage for a Tower Application

• ATCO may have in permanent head-up
• Reduced mental fatigue thru visual accommodations
• Far close (AC, strips, display, )
• Different light conditions (in/outside,
  light/dark)
• Automatic visual of AC in focus and related AC
  data

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Emulation of SkyTrackView in a Tower