A Review of Research Related to Unmanned Aircraft System Visual Observers

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• Creators:
  Williams, Kevin W. ; Gildea, Kevin M.
• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Aviation. Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Aviation. Office of Aerospace Medicine
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Aircraft operations
  • Drones
  • Human factors
  • Recommendations
  • Vision
  • Visual perception
  • Unmanned aircraft systems
  • Unmanned aircraft
  • Visual Observer
  • Small unmanned aircraft system (UAS) Operations
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT/FAA/AM-14/9
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Final Report
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Aviation. Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
• Abstract:
  This paper is a review of human factors research that is related to the task of the visual observer in unmanned aircraft system (UAS) operations. Primarily, visual observers are used to assist in the prevention of a mid-air collision during the course of a UAS operation. Therefore, much of the research reviewed is related to ground-based visual observation of aircraft. The research covers basic human visual system capacity and limitations, visual performance models, and empirical studies of visual observation. The empirical studies include visual observer studies, aircraft see-and-avoid research, and search and rescue operations research.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/57171/dot_57171_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 619.35 KB]
• Collection(s):
  FAA Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:ae2793341a17ec79e2ac94d31f3233d008333ea9e4d5aad92b158b05916d5d57