RU2528457C2 - Method of airways service personnel training with application of complemented reality system - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: transportation.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to training at simulators. Proposed method serves to train airways safety personnel in actual zone of passenger preflight inspection, aircraft passenger cabin and other safety control zones of air transport. This method applies the system of 3D stereoscopic complemented reality including glasses with two translucent micro displays, audio system and positioning system. This system allows definition of three linear coordinates of the position of observation point an three angular coordinates of observation line position in space. Besides, this system applies the computer to generate in real time and to transmit stereo video to micro displays of complemented reality micro displays. This invention comprises generation of program- or operator-controlled stereo images of restricted article and virtual passengers (high-quality 3D models with control by gestures and mimics) located amidst actual passengers and attempting to carry restricted articles. Besides, said images are play-backed in real preflight inspection zone, aircraft passenger cabin and other safety control zones of air transport.

EFFECT: higher efficiency of training.

Description

The invention relates to methods of training using simulators.

The increased threat of terrorist attacks on air transport leads to higher requirements for the quality of training of airport security services. Currently, training and testing of knowledge, skills and abilities of aviation security service employees is carried out in classrooms using traditional means (literature, posters, examination tickets, mock-ups, photographs, computer training programs), without any connection with the real environment in which they perform their functions, which reduces the effectiveness of training procedures. This situation is due to objective reasons, since it is impossible to provide training for aviation security personnel in the areas of pre-flight screening of passengers and in other areas of the airport without prejudice to their direct functions.

Closest to the proposed invention in terms of technical nature and the technical result achieved is a well-known method of training aviation security personnel using the Kursant computer simulator (http://www.abintech.ru/SAIT/Kursant.html) developed at the NEC “ ABINTECH ", Moscow, which includes three modules:

- data input and editing, intended for the formation of a database of schemes and photographs of aircraft inspection sites;

- training, with the functions of viewing photographs of aircraft inspection sites, including photographs with dangerous objects;

- testing, designed to assess the degree of training of specialists by showing the test person the images of the inspection sites of the aircraft with dangerous objects, taking into account attempts to highlight a dangerous object in a series of images.

The known method does not provide training opportunities in the real control zone, does not provide stereoscopic images of dangerous objects, does not provide three-dimensional stereoscopic images of potential violators, which reduces the effectiveness of training for aviation security personnel.

The technical task of the invention consists in creating for the first time a training complex for training aviation security personnel in the real zone of pre-flight screening of passengers, aircraft cabin and in other areas of security control in air transport based on augmented reality technology.

The technical result of the invention consists in the implementation of its purpose - the training of aviation security personnel in the real area of pre-flight screening of passengers, the cabin and in other areas of security control in air transport.

The specified technical result is achieved by the fact that the simulator complex for training aviation security personnel in the real zone of pre-flight passenger inspection, the cabin and other security control zones in air transport, containing hardware and software visualization, includes augmented reality glasses equipped with two transparent microdisplays , an audio system and a positioning system that provides the determination of three linear coordinates of the position of the observation point and three angles O line of sight position coordinates in space, and the computer, in real time generation and transmission stereovideoizobrazhenie microdisplays on augmented reality glasses.

For the implementation of the present invention, any known complex of three-dimensional augmented reality can be used, providing end-to-end vision through transparent microdisplays and equipped with an audio system and a positioning system (see, for example, VUZIX STAR 1200 stereo glasses of augmented reality, http://www.vuzix.com/augmented -realitv / products_star1200.html).

The positioning system must satisfy the following requirements:

minimum weight and overall dimensions of system components placed on augmented reality glasses;

determination of six coordinates of the position of the helmet in space: three linear and three angular;

determination of angular coordinates in the horizontal plane in the range up to ± 180 °, in the vertical plane - up to ± 60 °;

the maximum error in determining the angular coordinates in the cone with the axis coinciding with the longitudinal axis of the object should not exceed several tens of angular minutes;

the maximum error in determining the linear coordinates should not exceed 2-3 mm;

the frequency of the output of information about the angular coordinates should be at least 60 Hz;

constancy of characteristics of system devices in the range of operating temperatures from 15 to 30 ° C;

the absence of harmful effects of the system on the health of the user, as well as on equipment and systems located nearby. An example of an applicable positioning system is FASTRAK http://www.polhemus.com/?page=motion_fastrak.

Implementation of the proposed method of training aviation security personnel is as follows.

A trained aviation security officer wearing augmented reality glasses with two transparent microdisplays, an audio system, and a positioning system is located in the real passenger preflight inspection area, aircraft cabin, or in other areas of air traffic safety control. The hardware and software (computer) receives data from the positioning system about three linear coordinates of the position of the observation point and three angular coordinates of the position of the observation line in space, generate, taking into account these data, a stereo video image of prohibited items and virtual passengers (high-quality three-dimensional models with gesture control and facial expressions), located among real passengers and trying to bring prohibited items, and display them on the microdisplay glasses. Virtual objects are controlled by software or by operators (instructors). The learner's task is to identify potential violators and / or detect dangerous objects.

In case virtual objects are controlled by operators, the training complex also includes operator workstations.

Based on the proposed invention, with the help of virtual objects (intruders or terrorists, dangerous objects) in any zone of the airport, in the cabin and on the airfield, any training situations (for example, a terrorist attack, penetration into a protected zone) are simulated, while the virtual nature of the objects ensures complete safety of the learning process. At the same time controlled:

- the time and nature of the reaction to an emergency;

- the accuracy of the assessment of emergency parameters;

- the adequacy of the assessment of a security risk;

- the accuracy of following the instructions of the relevant regulatory documents.

Thus, in the implementation of the invention, the purpose of the proposed training complex is realized - training aviation security personnel in a real environment in which they perform their functions. At the same time, it is unconditionally ensured: the safety of modeling training situations, the possibility of prompt (no more than 0.5 hours) deployment of technical means for training.

Claims (1)

A method of training aviation security personnel using an augmented reality system, including the formation of stereo images of prohibited items and virtual passengers (three-dimensional models with gestures and facial expressions) trying to bring items prohibited for transportation and controlled by software or operators (instructors), and reproducing them in the real area of pre-flight screening of passengers, the cabin and other areas of security control in air transport, characterized in then for the formation of three-dimensional stereo images of prohibited items and virtual passengers in the real pre-flight inspection area, the cabin and in other areas of air traffic safety control, an augmented reality system is used, including glasses with two transparent microdisplays, an audio system and a positioning system that determines three linear coordinates of the position of the observation point and three angular coordinates of the position of the observation line in space, and the computer, in real time generates and transmits stereovideoizobrazhenie microdisplays on augmented reality glasses.