30th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences

09 - Safety and Security

CAN 3D-AUDIO IMPROVE STATE-OF-THE-ART PILOT-ASSISTANCE SYSTEMS?

C.A. Niermann, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Flight Guidance, Germany

This paper describes how a pilot can locate 3D-audio via an aviation-like stereo headset and that this technology is able to enhance pilots in addition to state-of-the-art pilot-assistant systems during high workload fight phase, reduce the overall workload in the cockpit and improves man-machine interface with selected audio information to bring attention to a critical display.


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