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Head-Up Auditory Displays for Traffic Collision Avoidance System Advisories: A Preliminary InvestigationThe advantage of a head-up auditory display was evaluated in a preliminary experiment designed to measure and compare the acquisition time for capturing visual targets under two auditory conditions: standard one-earpiece presentation and two-earpiece three-dimensional (3D) audio presentation. Twelve commercial airline crews were tested under full mission simulation conditions at the NASA-Ames Man-Vehicle Systems Research Facility advanced concepts flight simulator. Scenario software generated visual targets corresponding to aircraft that would activate a traffic collision avoidance system (TCAS) aural advisory; the spatial auditory position was linked to the visual position with 3D audio presentation. Results showed that crew members using a 3D auditory display acquired targets approximately 2.2 s faster than did crew members who used one-earpiece head- sets, but there was no significant difference in the number of targets acquired.
Document ID
20000023210
Acquisition Source
Ames Research Center
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Begault, Durand R.
(San Jose State Univ. Moffett Field, CA United States)
Date Acquired
August 19, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1993
Publication Information
Publication: Human Factors
Publisher: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Inc.
Volume: 35
Issue: 4
Subject Category
Air Transportation And Safety
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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