CYBERNET SYSTEMS CORPORATION — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: N162-094
CYBERNET SYSTEMS CORPORATION — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.
- Amount
- $79,937
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Navy
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Topic
- N162-094
- Solicitation
- 2016.2
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- MI
- Period
- 2016-09-27 → 2017-04-10
Description
Cybernet proposes to explore a straightforward audio/visual multimodal approach to conveying situation awareness of the current attitude of the aircraft to the pilot. This includes a flexible display based on addressable LEDs that is attached to the internal scaffolding of the cockpit, thus providing a virtual. It also includes an audio cue that leverages differentiation between the left and right ear playback of a sound to indicate aircraft roll and an orthogonal change in timbre to convey pitch. Cybernet proposes to implement this dual-mode peripheral cueing (DMPC) system, which is a proof-of-concept for each of these two cueing modes, test and adjust them individually and then together to determine and maximize effectiveness. We will also evaluate and minimize the capacity for these cues to distract or otherwise degrade the performance of the pilot. For example, a visual cue must not occlude important cockpit and external visuals, and an audio cue must not hinder communication.