Project Title:

Touch Panels and Flat Panel Displays for Space Station System Monitoring

09.17-8500
Project Title:Touch Panels and Flat Panel Displays for Space Station System Monitoring
Company:KMS Fusion Inc
Ann Arbor, MI 48106
Principal Investigator:Ryan P. Miller

Abstract:

The Space Station of the future will be of such enormous complexity that it will
be impossible to fully understand the entire system.  Because of the complexity of
this system, an all encompassing status display would be overwhelming unless presented
in a hierarchial manner.  We propose a workstation based on a touch panel and a flat
panel display; the touch panel provides the operator with a very efficient mechanism
to perform hierarchial menu selections; the flat panel provides high contrast graphics
and text in a reliable, compact and lightweight package.  The proposed workstation
will provide the user with those command choices and status readouts (represented
by both text and icons) that are relevant to the displayed subsystem, thus reducing
confusion.  The operator can make a selection and monotor system status through the
same mechanism by merely ponting to the desired function or action.  The proposed
Phase I effort will develop a prototype workstation and demonstrate its usefulness
in the Space Station by simulating a portion of the monitoring system.