Design of Cockpit Ergonomic Evaluation Simulation System Based on Augmented Reality

To solve problems of ergonomic evaluation in cockpit collaborative design(co-design), it needs to design shared ergonomic evaluation system to rapid response ergonomic requirements of cockpit co-design, and which it can be used for real-time dynamic evaluation by participants in every iterative interval. A design of Cockpit Ergonomic Evaluation Simulation System(C2ES) is proposed and research in ARtoolkit development platform. The C2ES, which based on specific demand of aviation cockpit ergonomic evaluation, has been designed a modified configuration in typical video see-through augmented reality system. Its design achieved two majors' parts, which one is infrared camera and infrared marker to track head movements, and another is mixture of synthetic instrument and cockpit physical model by visual registration algorithm. The C2ES, whose underlying infrastructure come from mature algorithm and typical system has preferable robustness and practicability of cockpit ergonomic evaluation. Verification experiments show that it can be as a platform to simulate more layout change in cockpit which will then achieve knowledge sharing and find commonalities. For the new ergonomic design conflict that get unveiled, build on them further to conflict resolution.