Frustrated Total Internal Reflection Measurement System for Pilot Inceptor Grip Pressure
Sensing the interaction between the pilot and the control inceptors can provide important information about the pilot’s activity during flight, potentially enabling the objective measurement of the pilot workload, the application of preventive actions against loss of situational awareness, and the i...
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| author | Andrea Zanoni Pierre Garbo Pierangelo Masarati Giuseppe Quaranta |
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| description | Sensing the interaction between the pilot and the control inceptors can provide important information about the pilot’s activity during flight, potentially enabling the objective measurement of the pilot workload, the application of preventive actions against loss of situational awareness, and the identification of the insurgence of adverse couplings with the vehicle dynamics. This work presents an innovative pressure-sensing device developed to be seamlessly integrated into the grips of conventional aircraft control inceptors. The sensor, based on frustrated total internal reflection of light, is composed of low-cost elements and can be easily manufactured to be applicable to different hand pressure ranges. The characteristics of the sensor are first demonstrated in laboratory calibration tests. Subsequently, applications in flight simulator testing are presented, focusing on the objective representation of the pilot’s instantaneous workload. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d8f1d96874ec457794e10d71f1b77a552023-11-18T21:15:54ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202023-07-012314630810.3390/s23146308Frustrated Total Internal Reflection Measurement System for Pilot Inceptor Grip PressureAndrea Zanoni0Pierre Garbo1Pierangelo Masarati2Giuseppe Quaranta3Department of Aerospace Science and Technology, Politecnico di Milano, 20156 Milan, ItalyDepartment of Aerospace Science and Technology, Politecnico di Milano, 20156 Milan, ItalyDepartment of Aerospace Science and Technology, Politecnico di Milano, 20156 Milan, ItalyDepartment of Aerospace Science and Technology, Politecnico di Milano, 20156 Milan, ItalySensing the interaction between the pilot and the control inceptors can provide important information about the pilot’s activity during flight, potentially enabling the objective measurement of the pilot workload, the application of preventive actions against loss of situational awareness, and the identification of the insurgence of adverse couplings with the vehicle dynamics. This work presents an innovative pressure-sensing device developed to be seamlessly integrated into the grips of conventional aircraft control inceptors. The sensor, based on frustrated total internal reflection of light, is composed of low-cost elements and can be easily manufactured to be applicable to different hand pressure ranges. The characteristics of the sensor are first demonstrated in laboratory calibration tests. Subsequently, applications in flight simulator testing are presented, focusing on the objective representation of the pilot’s instantaneous workload.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/23/14/6308optical guideforce sensorshuman-machine interactionaircraft pilot workload |
| spellingShingle | Andrea Zanoni Pierre Garbo Pierangelo Masarati Giuseppe Quaranta Frustrated Total Internal Reflection Measurement System for Pilot Inceptor Grip Pressure Sensors optical guide force sensors human-machine interaction aircraft pilot workload |
| title | Frustrated Total Internal Reflection Measurement System for Pilot Inceptor Grip Pressure |
| title_full | Frustrated Total Internal Reflection Measurement System for Pilot Inceptor Grip Pressure |
| title_fullStr | Frustrated Total Internal Reflection Measurement System for Pilot Inceptor Grip Pressure |
| title_full_unstemmed | Frustrated Total Internal Reflection Measurement System for Pilot Inceptor Grip Pressure |
| title_short | Frustrated Total Internal Reflection Measurement System for Pilot Inceptor Grip Pressure |
| title_sort | frustrated total internal reflection measurement system for pilot inceptor grip pressure |
| topic | optical guide force sensors human-machine interaction aircraft pilot workload |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/23/14/6308 |
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