Accession Number:

ADD012688

Title:

Stabilizing Force Feedback in Bio-Actuated Control Systems.

Descriptive Note:

Patent,

Corporate Author:

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC

Personal Author(s):

• Repperger,Daniel W.
• McCollor,Donald G.
• Gruesbeck,William G.

Report Date:

1986-12-30

Pagination or Media Count:

13.0

Abstract:

A biomechanical feedback arrangement wherein a varying force tending to improve the neurometer tracking response of a human subject, particularly in the presence of lateral or front-back G force fields, is added to the test subject input member of a feedback control system. Use of the biomechanical feedback in a high-performance aircraft and in a ground-based simulator apparatus is also disclosed, along with comparison results from simulator testing of human subjects.

Descriptors:

• *PATENTS
• *BIOMECHANICS
• *CONTROL SYSTEMS
• *FEEDBACK
• *MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS
• *CLOSED LOOP SYSTEMS
• *TRACKING
• HIGH RATE
• HUMANS
• PERFORMANCE(ENGINEERING)
• RESPONSE
• SIMULATORS
• STABILIZATION
• TEST METHODS
• TRACKING
• AIRCRAFT
• FORCE(MECHANICS)
• NOISE REDUCTION
• MOTOR REACTIONS
• TREMORS
• REDUCTION
• ACCELERATION TOLERANCE
• FLIGHT SIMULATION
• PERFORMANCE(HUMAN)
• FLIGHT MANEUVERS
• FLIGHT SIMULATORS

Subject Categories:

• Aircraft
• Biomedical Instrumentation and Bioengineering
• Human Factors Engineering and Man Machine Systems

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE