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Study performed by Robotics centre ARMINES - Ecole des Mines de Paris |
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Philippe
Fuchs
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Project leader
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Objectives and innovative ideas of the study |
The objective of the study is to propose for any professional body of the airports’ staff the vision of its working environment, adapted to its needs: the sight of the airport, the landing areas and taxiway, the areas of circulation and parking, the airport infrastructure, aircrafts in takeoff, approach or landing phases, etc. The bodies mainly interested are the ground agents (especially those in charge of the aircraft operation), the safety agents, the firemen and the persons in charge of the airports. The tool proposes a 3D adapted synthetic vision, which makes it possible for any body to instantaneously obtain a synthetic view of the area of his/her choice: air sights of the tracks, views from the control tower, pilot’s point of view (in case of landing or takeoff), view of a zone of incident or all other view. It is the principal assumption of this project: in 10 or 20 years, all the vehicles on or around the airport, as well as the personnel on the tracks of parking, will provide in real time their position and their intention? to the control tower (except in the event of serious accidents with loss of localization of the aircraft or the vehicle). Thus, it will be possible to provide synthesized images, in real-time, very similar to the real sight. Disturbing influences, such as the bad conditions of visibility, the weather phenomena, etc, supposed to obstruct the observations, will be eliminated.
The principal innovation of the study is to exploit a new type of adaptable and multi-functional visual interface, using desktop computers as fixed stations or tablet-PC as mobile working stations. By associating mobile stations with a real-time model of the environment, relatively well structured and known (thanks to the incorporated sensors on the mobile objects: aircrafts, vehicles, personnel,), we are proposing to the airport professionals a new concept observation of their environment. The exploitation of inertial sensors, borrowed from virtual reality techniques, able to provide six degrees of freedom in real-time, could be used to easily choose the desired point of view, by manipulating the tablet-PC, localised by an inertial sensor. The observer, while moving? the tablet, changes the view point’s orientation in a pseudo-natural way.
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Expected results of the study |
The one-year project consists of making a demonstrator to study the interest of this concept. The outcome will be a demonstrator composed of two visual interfaces (one as a fixed station and another as a mobile one), the operating software for the two interfaces, and the communication between them. This software will display an airport with aircrafts, ground vehicles and staff in motion. The synthetic images will be created in real-time (25 images a second) starting from an established pre-scenario of the motion of the mobile entities and the exchanges of information between the two visual interfaces. A given number of complementary information will be also displayed and integrated. The results of a first set of tests for concept validation will be provided.
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Partners involved in the study |
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Created in 1967 at the initiative of the Ecole des Mines de Paris, ARMINES is a contract research association, linked to the French Engineering Schools. Its mission is "industry-oriented research".
Readymade is developing a vision which is based on product lifecycle management (PLM), integrating creation, CAO, CFAO and providing systems of technical database, building site and maintenance. The establishment of different PLM elements happens through a virtual platform connecting each member of the project. The dimension of time is integrated in the process. Therefore Readymade pursues collaborations and exchanges with research laboratories, planning agencies, companies and fabricants to innovate and optimize the PLM in the BTP industry.
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Readymade |
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This project proposes the realization of a demonstrator for a 3D visual interface, adapted to air traffic control. The first step of the project includes an analysis of the situation in the airport platform, the specifications of the visual interfaces and of the scene modelling software.
The second part of the project comprises 3D airport modelling (geometrical, visual and kinematical behaviour), the aircrafts in motion, operating in the area of interest of the control tower, as well as the vehicles and ground staff.
For the final system, a synchronous communication between all the visualization stations (fixed or mobile) would be needed, transmitting all the parameters of the observed scene (flight parameters of the planes, vehicles and people positions on the ground, communications with the control tower, etc). For the demonstrator, carried out in this one-year project, no development on data synchronization is required. A scenario established in advance will be played to test this new concept of observation.
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- Stage 1: Analysis of needs and study of functionality of the demonstrator
- Stage 2: Specifications of interface and software
- Stage 3: Creation of synthesized images of environment and animated objects
- Stage 4: Creation of software with all functionalities
- Stage 5: First tests and demonstrator’s improvement
- Stage 6: Tests, demonstration and report
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Last validation: 15/03/2007
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