SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MODEL-BASED ALERTING OF SPATIAL DISORIENTATION TO A PILOT

摘要

A system and method monitor aircraft state parameters, for example, aircraft movement and flight parameters, applies those inputs to a spatial disorientation model, and makes a prediction of when pilot may become spatially disoriented. Once the system predicts a potentially disoriented pilot, the sensitivity for alerting the pilot to conditions exceeding a threshold can be increased and allow for an earlier alert to mitigate the possibility of an incorrect control input.

主权项

1. A method of alerting a crewmember of a vehicle of the possible existence of spatial disorientation, comprising:
sensing a plurality of vehicle state parameters; passing the sensed vehicle state parameters through at least one transfer function associated with a human sensory system in order to estimate perceived vehicle state parameters; comparing the perceived vehicle state parameters with the sensed vehicle state parameters; and alerting the crewmember of the possibility of spatial disorientation if the discrepancy between perceived vehicle state parameters and sensed vehicle state parameters exceed a predetermined threshold.