Using perspective guidance overlay to improve UAV manual control performance

The guidance information that is available to the UAV operator typically suffers from limitations of data update rate and system latency. Even when using a flight director command display, the manual control task is considerably more difficult compared to piloting a manned aircraft. Results from earlier research into perspective guidance...

Synthetic vision to augment sensor based vision for remotely piloted vehicles

In the past fifteen years, several research programs have demonstrated potential advantages of synthetic vision technology for manned aviation. More recently, some research programs have focused on integrating synthetic vision technology into control stations for remotely controlled aircraft. The contribution of synthetic vision can be divided...

Pilot-in-the-loop studies into manual control strategies with perspective flightpath displays