Exploiting touch screen technology for direct manipulation purposes.

Touch screen technology has experienced significant improvements recently, evolving to several solutions that are rugged enough to be introduced into the cockpit. A practical demonstrator setup has been developed consisting of four large PFD/MFD screens and two Touch Screen Control Units (TSCU’s) which are positioned at the location of the classic CDU in the cockpit. All display surfaces have multi-touch capability. Apart from serving as a technology demonstrator, the setup will be used as a scientific test bed.

For this setup, BARCO delivered the hardware and we created the software application. For a description of setup, download the leaflet here. For a demonstration, watch this video: