REPUBLIC OF SERBIA

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

www.mod.gov.rs

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

Material Resources Sector

Defensive Technologies Department

Military Technical Institute

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MULTI-SENSOR SYSTEM OPERATOR’s CONSOLE: Towards structural and functional optimization

Dragana PeriĆ

Vlatacom Institute, Belgrade, Serbia, .peric@vlatacom.com

SašaVujiĆ

Vlatacom Institute, Belgrade, Serbia, vujic@vlatacom.com

Branko Livada

Vlatacom Institute, Belgrade, Serbia, branko.livada@vlatacom.com

Abstract:Multisensor electro-optical systems are developing to improve capability of searching, detecting, classifying, and identifying objects for target reconnaissance, surveillance and tracking purposes, particularly at night and in poor weather conditions. The human operator is usually included in the loop using operator's console. The selection of the operator's console structure and definition of the console functionality is governed by multi-sensor structure and capabilities, mission scenario requirements and human operator's properties. The operator's console generalized structure is defined and key component parameters and functions are discussed. Also, multi-sensor system generalized structure is defined. To ensure optimal performance multi-sensor system requires an appropriate interface and control through operator’s console. The design of the operator's console must realize the interaction between system technological capability, operator performance, and system mission requirements. The cross-reference analysis of the operator's console structure dependence on multi-sensor system structure and mission requirements is performed. The some criteria for operator's console components requirements definition are discussed and derived.