Strip'TIC: exploring augmented paper strips for air traffic controllers

  • Authors:
  • Christophe Hurter;Rémi Lesbordes;Catherine Letondal;Jean-Luc Vinot;Stéphane Conversy

  • Affiliations:
  • ENAC, Toulouse, France, and IRIT, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse cedex, France;DGAC DSNA DTI R&D, Toulouse, France;ENAC, Toulouse, France, and IRIT, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse cedex, France;ENAC, Toulouse, France, and IRIT, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse cedex, France;ENAC, Toulouse, France, and IRIT, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse cedex, France

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the International Working Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

The current environment used by French air traffic controllers mixes digital visualization such as radar screens and tangible artifacts such as paper strips. Tangible artifacts do not allow controllers to update the system with the instructions they give to pilots. Previous attempts at replacing them in France failed to prove efficient. This paper is an engineering paper that describes Strip'TIC, a novel system for ATC that mixes augmented paper and digital pen, vision-based tracking and augmented rear and front projection. The system is now working and has enabled us to run workshops with actual controllers to study the role of writing and tangibility in ATC. We describe the system and solutions to technical challenges due to mixing competing technologies.