Flexible Display Technologies...Do They Have a Role in the Cockpit?
Abstract
The 21st century promises a new "holy grail" of display technologies. With the long-promised arrival of the plasma display allowing "hang-on-the-wall?" television, the display community has moved on to the promise of fully conformable displays, known as flexible displays. This touted new class of displays is not actually unique in itself but is actually an assortment of novel subclasses of existing display technologies. These technologies include liquid crystal, light emitting diode (LED) and electrophoresis. Flexible displays based on these technologies are advertised as thinner (almost paper thin), lighter weight, stronger (extremely rugged and durable), cheaper, super efficient and conformable, as compared to current rigid, mounted displays. Currently, organic LED (OLED) and electrophoretic displays are examples of flexible displays that have entered the commercial market. The aviation community may find these displays highly desirable for cockpit applications. However, care must taken to ensure that good human factors engineering principles are adhered to in such applications.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 2005
- Accession Number
- ADA432947
Entities
People
- Clarence E. Rash
- Eric S. Harris
- William H. Mcgilberry
Organizations
- United States Army Aeromedical Research Lab