Synthetic vision system for improving unmanned aerial vehicle operator situation awareness

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5802, Issue , 2005, Pages 219-230

  Calhoun, Gloria L ^a   Draper, Mark H ^a   Abernathy, Mike F ^b   Patzek, Michael ^a   Delgado, Frank ^c  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Rapid Imaging Software Inc   (United States)

^c NASA/JSC2101 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Conformal overlay; Situation awareness; Synthetic vision; UAV; Unmanned aerial vehicle

Indexed keywords

CONFORMAL OVERLAY; SYNTHETIC VISION SYSTEM; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

CAMERAS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; HUMAN ENGINEERING;

AVIATION;

EID: 27544445439     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.603421     Document Type: Conference Paper

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