Strip-TIC : exploring augmented paper strips for Air Traffic Controllers

Christophe Hurter (1, 2) , Rémi Lesbordes (3) , Catherine Letondal (1, 2) , Jean-Luc Vinot (1, 4) , Stéphane Conversy (1, 4)

1 LII - ENAC - Equipe Informatique Interactive
2 IRIT - Institut de recherche en informatique de Toulouse
3 DGAC - Direction Générale de l'Aviation Civile
4 IRIT-ICS - Interactive Critical Systems

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.

Mots clés: paper computing; augmented paper; digital pen; interactive paper; tangible interfaces; visualization; air traffic control

Domaines: Informatique [cs]; Interface homme-machine [cs.HC]

Christophe Hurter, Rémi Lesbordes, Catherine Letondal, Jean-Luc Vinot, Stéphane Conversy. Strip-TIC : exploring augmented paper strips for Air Traffic Controllers. AVI 2012, International Working Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces, May 2012, Capri Island, Italy. pp 225-232, ⟨10.1145/2254556.2254598⟩. ⟨hal-01022465⟩