Fabrication and Performance Evolution of AgNP Interdigitated Electrode Touch Sensor for Automotive Infotainment

In the present scenario, a considerable assiduity is provided to develop novel human-machine interface technologies that rapidly outpace the capabilities of display technology in automotive industries. It is necessary to use a new cockpit design in conjunction with a fully automated driving environment in order to enhance the driving experience. It can create a seamless and futuristic dashboard for automotive infotainment application. In the present study, an endeavor was made to equip the In-vehicle bezels with printed capacitive sensors for providing superior sensing capabilities. Silver Nanoparticles based interdigitated pattern electrodes were formed over polycarbonate substrates to make printed capacitive sensors using screen printing process. The developed sensor was investigated to evaluate the qualitative and quantitative measures using direct and in-direct contact of touch. The proposed approach for sensors pattern and fabrication can highly impact on sensor performance in automotive infotainment application due to the excellent spatial interpolation with lower cost, light weight, and mechanical flexibility.

Enhanced comfort and safety in future cockpit design

Lotte Willems, business development manager, TNO at Holst Centre, highlights the latest in car interiors: transparent displays, safe and programmable interfaces and sensing chairs

A DISCRETE-EVENT SIMULATION MODEL FOR DRIVER PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT: APPLICATION TO AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE COCKPIT DESIGN OPTIMIZATION

The latest advances in the design of vehicles with the adaptive level of automation pose new challenges in the vehicle-driver interaction. Safety requirements underline the need to explore optimal cockpit architectures with regard to driver cognitive and perceptual workload, eyes-off-the-road time and situation awareness. We propose to integrate existing task analysis approaches into system architecture evaluation for the early-stage design optimization. We built the discrete-event simulation tool and applied it within the multi-sensory (sight, sound, touch) cockpit design industrial project.

Evaluation of a Virtual Reality Environment for Cockpit Design

The use of virtual reality (VR) to provide a higher fidelity simulation environment earlier in the design cycle of a new cockpit has benefits in development cost and time, but practitioners may have concerns that use of virtual environments may change feedback. In this work, we aimed to test our VR environment against a non-VR simulator in a mock design study to evaluate if and how subject feedback and performance changed. Two separate groups of subjects evaluated the same two designs, one group using VR and the other a touchscreen desktop simulator. The results indicate that both groups provided similar qualitative feedback on the two designs. Some quantitative performance measures changed between groups, but conclusions made from comparing designs within groups was consistent. We describe our findings on which quantitative measures are best for evaluation in a virtual environment.

History of Human Factors in US Navy Aircraft Cockpit Design: 1969-2019

In order to preserve some important historical information and perspective, this paper will present human factors engineering innovations and success stories in aircraft cockpit design for the US Navy and US Marine Corps over the last 50 years. This is a story of close collaboration between human factors professionals serving as active duty military, civilian government employees, and contractors. We focus on what was accomplished and how advanced technologies and processes were transitioned from laboratory to the fleet through systems acquisition. Timely transition of user interface technologies was critical to many of these successes. Impacts of these technology transitions are highlighted. We will demonstrate how a combination of organization, staffing, and risk tolerance allowed the US Navy to efficiently transition advanced crew station and other technologies successfully to military aircraft.

The Anthropometric Differences among Malaysian, Singaporean and Indonesian, and Their Compatibility with Boeing 737 Cockpit Layout Design

The aim of this study is to identify the anthropometric differences among Malaysian, Singaporean and Indonesian, and analyse the compatibility of the anthropometric data with the selected Boeing 737 cockpit layout. The data of 16 anthropometric dimension for Malaysian, Singaporean and Indonesian adults were analyzed, arranged according to percentiles (5th, 50th and 95th)and compared. The result of comparative analysis between anthropometric data with the selected cockpit layout dimensions showed that the 95th percentile of anthropometric dimensionsof the Indonesian adult is compatible with the Boeing 737 cockpit layout. The results of this study could be used as references by the aircraft manufacturer to increase the effectiveness of the cockpit design in the future especially in considering the anthropometric data of ASEAN population

CREW WORKPLACE EVALUATION METHODS IN THE COCKPIT DESIGN PROCESS OF PERSPECTIVE AVIATION COMPLEX

The article describes the issues of creating a cockpit of a promising aircraft using a search modeling stand with the aim of obtaining an ergonomic evaluation of crew workplaces and the information and control field of the cockpit in the early stages of design. It describes the requirements, the structure of the stand and the tasks solved with the help of it.