Examining the Effects of Conformal Terrain Features in Advanced Head‐Up Displays on Flight Performance and Pilot Situation Awareness

Synthetic vision systems (SVS) render terrain features for pilots through cockpit displays using a GPS database and three‐dimensional graphical models. Enhanced vision systems (EVS) present infrared imagery of terrain using a forward‐looking sensor in the nose of an aircraft. The ultimate goal of SVS and EVS technologies is to support pilots in achieving safety under low‐visibility and night conditions comparable to clear, day conditions. This study assessed pilot performance and situation awareness (SA) effects of SVS and EVS imagery in an advanced head‐up display (HUD) during a simulated landing approach under instrument meteorological conditions. Videos of the landing with various HUD configurations were presented to eight pilots with a superimposed tracking task. The independent variables included four HUD feature configurations (baseline [no terrain imagery], SVS, EVS, and a combination of SVS and EVS), two visibility conditions, and four legs of the flight. Results indicated that SVS increased overall SA but degraded flight path control performance because of visual confusion with other display features. EVS increased flight path control accuracy but decreased system (aircraft) awareness because of visual distractions. The combination of SVS and EVS generated offsetting effects. Display configurations did not affect pilot spatial awareness. Flight performance was not different among phases of the approach, but levels and types of pilot SA did vary from leg to leg. These results are applicable to development of adaptive HUD features to support pilot performance. They support the use of multidimensional measures of SA for insight on pilot information processing with advanced aviation displays. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

一种32位浮点型处理器的励磁控制器设计

针对同步发电机励磁控制系统在控制精度和控制稳定性方面存在的不足,通过对国内外励磁控制系统发展状况的分析,提出了一种基于32位浮点型处理器的数字式励磁控制系统.该系统通过将先进的交流采样算法和DSP的优异性能相结合,实现了励磁控制器的深度数字化;通过对同步发电机系统关键模拟量的采集与计算,得出适用于当前工况下触发脉冲角度α.试验验证了该设计能很好地解决发电机励磁控制系统中的稳定性问题.     

MRO中多重BOM结构遍历及显示的算法

为优化MRO系统的性能,提高系统的运行效率,提出了两种物料清单（BOM）构造的方法,并指出了两种方法的优缺点,将BOM结构的存储方法由三层扩展到多层,并使用Java语言和Swing库对BOM结构进行了遍历和显示．实际应用表明,文章中提出的BOM结构遍历和显示算法能有效提高MRO系统的运行效率．     

基于PTS的视频流集群同步显示技术

针对集群大屏拼接显示系统各节点机独立解码、视频流显示不同步的问题,本文分析了集群拼接显示系统的特点,提出了利用PTS信息实现集群内各节点机同步显示视频流的机制,研究了组播接收模块、Ts流拆包模块、视频解码模块和同步控制模块和拼接屏显示模块等视频流同步显示实现技术．研究试验结果证明了基于PTS的视频流集群同步显示技术的有效性．     

自由立体显示技术的研究综述

自由立体显示技术目前大多处于研发阶段,主要应用在商业和娱乐行业,并未大规模推广使用。从技术上来看,自由立体显示可以分为光屏障式技术、柱状透镜技术和指向光源技术等。自由立体显示技术的最大优势是摆脱了立体眼镜的束缚,但是在分辨率、可视角度和可视距离等方面还存在着很多不足之处。主要介绍了立体显示的基本原理、立体显示技术的种类和各类型的立体显示技术中存在的优缺点,并重点介绍了几种自由立体显示技术的实现方式。     

基于STM32的步行者航位推算装置设计

基于便携性与实用性考虑,提出一种新的步行者航位推算装置设计。使用三维加速度计与电子罗盘集成芯片LSM303DLHC和陀螺仪集成芯片MPU3050对步行者的实时运动信息进行采集,采用具有ARM Cortex-M3内核的STM32F103RBT6单片机收集传感器数据并对数据进行航位推算处理,将步行者航迹信息显示于TFTLCD上。实验证明,该装置具有较高的推算精度,能满足实际应用需求。     

Visual experience for autostereoscopic 3D projection display

In order to investigate visual experience for watching the autostereoscopic three‐dimensional (3D) projection display, we conduct a subjective evaluation experiment by a questionnaire when viewing video clips. Factor analysis is adopted to classify the evaluation items for the perpetual constructs of visual experience. Then a mixed design with repeated measurement analysis of variance with dimension and display duration as factors is carried out on the evaluation data to check the factorial effects and interactions for statistical significance. The results of factor analysis extract five factors including visual comfort, image quality, distortion, naturalness, and presence, which can be used as comprehensive indicators to evaluate the autostereoscopic 3D projection display. The results of analysis of variance indicate that image quality, which is used to assess two‐dimensional contents, is no longer applicable. It is necessary to give consideration to depth when evaluating 3D visual experience. Although 3D scenes enhance the overall subjective performance such as naturalness and presence, the health issues and stereoscopic distortion related to the introduction of depth cannot be ignored.     

Effect of vibration on eye,head and helmet movements while wearing a helmet‐mounted display

Previous research has demonstrated a loss of helmet‐mounted display (HMD) legibility for users exposed to whole body vibration. A pair of human factors studies was conducted to evaluate the effect of whole body vibration on eye, head, and helmet movements for seated users of a HMD while conducting simple fixation and smooth pursuit tracking tasks. These experiments confirmed that vertical eye motion can be demonstrated, that is consistent with the human visual systems' response to the vestibular–ocular reflex (VOR). Helmet slippage was also shown to occur, which could exacerbate loss of display legibility. The largest amplitudes in eye movements were observed during exposure to sinusoidal vibration in the 4–6 Hz range, which is consistent with the frequencies that past research has associated with whole‐body resonance and the largest decrease in display legibility. Further, the measured eye movements appeared to be correlated with both the angular acceleration of the user's head and the angular slippage of the user's helmet. This research demonstrates that the loss of legibility while wearing HMDs likely results from a combination of VOR‐triggered eye movements and movement of the display. Future compensation algorithms should consider adjusting the display in response to both VOR‐triggered eye and HMD motion.     

Ribosome display of mammalian receptor domains

Many mammalian receptor domains, among them a large number of potential therapeutic target proteins, are highly aggregation-prone upon heterologous expression in bacteria. This severely limits functional studies of such receptor domains and also their engineering towards improved properties. One of these proteins is the Nogoreceptor, which plays a central role in mediating the inhibition of axon growth and functional recovery after injury of the adult mammalian central nervous system. We show here that the ligand binding domain of the Nogoreceptor folds to an active conformation in ternary ribosomal complexes, as formed in ribosome display. In these complexes the receptor is still connected, via a C-terminal tether, to the peptidyl tRNA in the ribosome and the mRNA also stays connected. The ribosome prevents aggregation of the protein, which aggregates as soon as the release from the ribosome is triggered. In contrast, no active receptor was observed in phage display, where aggregation appears to prevent incorporation of the protein into the phage coat. This strategy sets the stage for rapidly studying defined mutations of such aggregation-prone receptors in vitro and to improve their properties by in vitro evolution using the ribosome display technology.