Operator Performance Using Conventional Or Stereo Video Displays

Ross L. Pepper; Robert E. Cole; David C. Smith

doi:10.1117/12.955737

29 December 1977 Operator Performance Using Conventional Or Stereo Video Displays

Ross L. Pepper, Robert E. Cole, David C. Smith

Proceedings Volume 0120, Three-Dimensional Imaging; (1977) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.955737
Event: 21st Annual Technical Symposium, 1977, San Diego, United States

Abstract

Three studies were conducted to evaluate operator performance with conventional and stereo display systems. The first two studies involved perceptual judgment tasks (a modified Howard-Dolman depth discrimination test and a test of stereopsis, using random dot Julesz patterns), while the third employed a perceptual-motor task requiring end-effector positioning and closure. This third task was designed to approximate the major components of undersea object recovery missions. In studies one and two, two methods of displaying stereo information (Fresnel, Field Sequential) were compared. The results of study one indicate that both of these display systems provide adequate information to enhance performance over that given with a conventional monocular display. Study two indicates that thresholds of stereo viewing are comparable using the Fresnel system and the Field Sequential system. The data indicate no difference in thresholds over that obtained directly without viewer aids. In study three a conventional display was compared with the Field Sequential system used in studies one and two. The results indicate that the use of stereo cues reduces both response latency and errors significantly. An analysis of performance changes over repeated testing sessions indicates significant improvement on both variables. These effects, however, are non-differential across display systems, and are probably related to the acquisition of manipulator-specific motorskill learning.

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Ross L. Pepper, Robert E. Cole, and David C. Smith "Operator Performance Using Conventional Or Stereo Video Displays", Proc. SPIE 0120, Three-Dimensional Imaging, (29 December 1977); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.955737

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