Integrated, Hands-Free Control Suites for Maintenance Wearable Computers-VHIC

Abstract

Final Report for the Integrated, Hands-Free Control Suites for Maintenance Wearable Computers-VHIC. SYTRONICS and UDRI applied significant experience and familiarity with the warfighter's needs in aircraft maintenance to the problem of having hands-free control of wearable computers so that they may access technical data easily and effectively. This report outlines the development of an operation prototype that is an innovative combination of head-tracking and speech recognition for effective and intuitive interfacing that was used by subject matter experts to evaluate the utility of the system. A simple two-controller approach uses voice for text-and-click entry and head movement, as well as speech, for pointing. A dampered throat microphone filters noise and a simple inertial tracker provides cursor movement.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA387023

Entities

People

  • Jeff Valiton
  • Scott Grigsby
  • Tim Choate

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Application Software
  • Automated Speech Recognition
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Human Systems Integration
  • Human-Machine Interaction
  • Maintenance
  • Medical Personnel
  • Mobile Devices
  • Operating Systems
  • Software Development
  • Three Dimensional
  • Virtual Reality
  • Wearable Computers
  • Word Processors

Readers

  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Speech Processing/Speech Recognition.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML