Multisensory Integration for Pilot Spatial orientation (MIPSO)
Abstract
Spatial disorientation (SD) is a normal human response to accelerations in flight, and has existed since early flight. Its cost to the US military is over $300 million per year, with comparable costs to US civil aviation. Despite significantly increased research over the past decade, the rate of accidents caused by SD has not decreased. While the most recent research emphases have been on understanding the physiology of SD, the translation of the new knowledge into tools (e.g., training, displays, automation) that help pilots avoid SD and minimize its effects if it does occur, has not occurred. The goals of the research reported here were to apply multisensory countermeasures to SD based on human sensory models and the pilot's workload. It is the premise of this Phase I effort that more effective multisensory countermeasures, applied in an intelligent fashion, are needed and possible, and that modeling and simulation are the most cost effective means to identity and test countermeasures for different aircraft under varying conditions.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 2004
- Accession Number
- ADA425966
Entities
People
- Alla M. Oster
- Christopher D Wickens
- John W. Keller
- Jon W. French
- Ronald L. Small