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The
Human Systems Integrations Division's Advanced
Controls
and
Displays
Group
supports
NASA-mandated
goals
for
Exploration
and
Aeronautics
by
identifying
critical
design
issues
for
safe
and
effective
interaction
and
communication
between
humans
and
systems.
The
group's
combination
of
engineering
and
human
factors
expertise
allows
for
bottom-up
and
top-down
formulation
of
solutions
for
the
design
of
controls
and
displays.
This
unique
capability,
combined
with
resources
for
rapid
prototyping
and
evaluation,
is
applied
to
both
NASA
missions
and
to
help
customers
in
aerospace,
defense,
and
homeland
security.
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Performance
Based
Controls
in
Space
Suits
Performance-based
recommendations
for
flat
panel
displays
and
microphones
for
voice
recognition
in
EVA
space
suits;
demo
at
Desert
RATS
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Virtual
Environment
Interfaces
High
fidelity
virtual
environment
interface
for
orbiter
inspection
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Multi-Channel
Helmet
Cam
Helmet
CAM
multi-channel
audio-
video
communication
command
center
(patent
pending)
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ACD
Research
ACD
research
provides
quantitative
assessments
of
both
human
and
system
performance
in
virtual
environments
(VE)
and
advanced
display
systems.
Human
and
systems
are
measured
in
order
to
design
environments
to
fit
human
performance
specifications.
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Types
of
displays
studied
include
haptic
displays,
virtual
acoustic
(3-D
audio)
displays,
head-mounted
displays
(both
immersive
and
see-through),
and
situation
awareness
displays.
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Application
areas
include
terminal
area
air
traffic
control,
teleoperation,
manufacturing,
and
manipulative
tasks.
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Areas
of
expertise
include
visual,
auditory
and
proprioceptic
performance,
quantification
of
system
performance,
intelligent
displays,
acoustic
modeling,
and
virtual
controls.
ACD
Technology
Patented
technologies
for
auditory
and
haptic
interfaces,
aerospace
navigation,visual
display
latency
minimization
and
speech
communication
ACD
Facilities
Unique
facilities
at
ARC
include
high
dynamic
fidelity
virtual
environment
facility;
rapid
prototyping
laboratory
for
developing
new
interfaces;
Intelligent
Spacecraft
Interface
Lab
simulator;
collapsed
structure
simulator
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