Amy R. Pritchett
Georgia Institute of Technology
Introduction
Historical Perspective
Manual Control and Tracking
Fundamentals of Information Display
Computer Displays
Virtual Environments
Automated Systems
Virtual Environments
Intelligent Systems and Decision Support
Organization, Communication, and Coordination
Current characteristics of HCI in Aerospace
Characteristic: Coordinated
Characteristic: Automated
Characteristic: Complex
Characteristic: Information Intensive
Characteristic: Dynamic
Characteristic: Standardized and Proceduralized
Characteristic: Safe
Characteristic: Regulated and Certified
Conclusion and Summary
Acknowledgments
References
Figure 45.1: “Basic T” arrangement of cockpit instruments, with engine and navigation instruments surrounding on the right and bottom. Photo courtesy of T. Pritchett, Department of Aviation, Mount Royal College, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Online version not available
Figure 45.2: Cockpit of Concorde 101 on display at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford, Cambridgeshire.
Figure 45.3: B777 flight deck. Photo reproduced with permission of Boeing Management Company, eattle, WA.
Figure 45.4: B777 primary flight display. Photo courtesy of Jerome Meriweather. Online version not available
Figure 45.5: Electronic horizontal situation indicator.
Figure 45.6: Link trainer used for World War II pilot training. Photo courtesy of T. Pritchett, Department of Aviation, Mount Royal College, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Online version not available
Figure 45.7: B777 Mode control panel providing autopilot controls. Photo courtesy of Jerome Meriweather. Online version not available
Figure 45.8: Schematic of a control display unit (CDU) for reading from and entering data into autoflight systems
Figure 45.9: Example of a vertical profile display. Figure courtesy of S. Vakil and R. J. Hansman, MIT International Center for Air Transportation, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Online version not available
Figure 45.10: Command control language interface. Image courtesy of C. Misiak and V. Riley, Honeywell Labs, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Online version not available
Figure 45.11: Heads up display. Photo of BAE Visual Guidance System, courtesy of BAE Systems, Farnborough, United Kingdom. Online version not available
Figure 45.12: Tunnel in the sky display used in recent National Aeronautics and Space Administration tests of synthetic vision. Courtesy of E. Theunissen, Technische Universiteit Delft, The Netherlands. Online version not available