Augmented Reality for Railroad Operations Using Head-up Displays

Liu, Andrew M; Oman, Charles M.; Zhang, Allison; Gagnon, Amelia; Mathews, Kirk H; Brooks, James; Miller, Bradford; Majumder, Saikat Ray; Felix, Sarah; Bakshi, Kaivalya

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Augmented Reality for Railroad Operations Using Head-up Displays

2023-08-01
By Liu, Andrew M ; Oman, Charles M. ; Zhang, Allison ; ...

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Liu, Andrew M ; Oman, Charles M. ; Zhang, Allison ; Gagnon, Amelia ; Mathews, Kirk H ; Brooks, James ; Miller, Bradford ; Majumder, Saikat Ray ; Felix, Sarah ; Bakshi, Kaivalya
Corporate Creators:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology ; GE Global Research
Corporate Contributors:

United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Railroad Policy and Development ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Research, Development and Technology
Subject/TRT Terms:

Cognition Eye Movements Head Up Displays Human Factors Instrument Displays Locomotive Operation Train Operations Virtual Reality Vision Tests
Publication/ Report Number:

DOT/FRA/ORD-23/20
Resource Type:

Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

United States
Edition:

April 2019–October 2021
Contracting Officer:

Jones, Michael
Corporate Publisher:

United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration
Abstract:

A team from MIT’s Human Systems Laboratory designed the locomotive HUD as a wide field of view augmented reality head-up display (AR-HUD). The technical feasibility of an AR-HUD was assessed through literature review and hardware tests. To study human factors issues, an AR-HUD prototype was designed, reviewed by experienced engineers, then implemented in the FRA Cab Technology Integration Laboratory simulator. The engineers’ behavior was not significantly altered and using the AR-HUD reduced the time spent looking away from the forward view. Subjective feedback from the engineers confirmed the acceptability and potential benefit of using HUDs.
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693JJ6-18-C-000010
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Federal Railroad Administration
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