A sensor simulation framework for the testing and evaluation of external hazard monitors and integrated alerting and notification functions

Maarten Uijt de Haag; Kyle Venable; Rajesh Bezawada; Tony Adami; Ananth K. Vadlamani

doi:10.1117/12.821854

30 April 2009 A sensor simulation framework for the testing and evaluation of external hazard monitors and integrated alerting and notification functions

Maarten Uijt de Haag, Kyle Venable, Rajesh Bezawada, Tony Adami, Ananth K. Vadlamani

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Proceedings Volume 7328, Enhanced and Synthetic Vision 2009; 732802 (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.821854
Event: SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 2009, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

This paper discusses a sensor simulator/synthesizer framework that can be used to test and evaluate various sensor integration strategies for the implementation of an External Hazard Monitor (EHM) and Integrated Alerting and Notification (IAN) function as part of NASA's Integrated Intelligent Flight Deck (IIFD) project. The IIFD project under the NASA's Aviation Safety program "pursues technologies related to the flight deck that ensure crew workload and situational awareness are both safely optimized and adapted to the future operational environment as envisioned by NextGen." Within the simulation framework, various inputs to the IIFD and its subsystems, the EHM and IAN, are simulated, synthesized from actual collected data, or played back from actual flight test sensor data. Sensors and avionics included in this framework are TCAS, ADS-B, Forward-Looking Infrared, Vision cameras, GPS, Inertial navigators, EGPWS, Laser Detection and Ranging sensors, altimeters, communication links with ATC, and weather radar. The framework is implemented in Simulink®, a modeling language developed by The Mathworks™. This modeling language allows for test and evaluation of various sensor and communication link configurations as well as the inclusion of feedback from the pilot on the performance of the aircraft. Specifically, this paper addresses the architecture of the simulator, the sensor model interfaces, the timing and database (environment) aspects of the sensor models, the user interface of the modeling environment, and the various avionics implementations.

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Maarten Uijt de Haag, Kyle Venable, Rajesh Bezawada, Tony Adami, and Ananth K. Vadlamani "A sensor simulation framework for the testing and evaluation of external hazard monitors and integrated alerting and notification functions", Proc. SPIE 7328, Enhanced and Synthetic Vision 2009, 732802 (30 April 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.821854

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