Barco’s High Performance Visualizations for

Simulated Environments

ICUAV 2012

Ábel Garamhegyi
Vice President EMEAI, Barco
and
Managing Director, Barco India

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 Overview

 Barco Introduction

 Visualization – Simulated Environments

– Applications
– Types of Displays

 Worldwide Trends
– Trends
– New age systems

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 Barco Introduction

 International company, headquartered in Belgium

 Active in more than 90 countries
 Focus on professional visualization markets worldwide
 Listed on NYSE Euronext Brussels
 Sales 2010: 897 million euro
 3,200 employees
 10% of sales invested in R&D
 Continuous focus on customers’ needs

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 Worldwide Presence

Americas EMEA APAC

North America Belgium Asia

Czech Republic China

United States
India
Georgia Denmark
Japan
Massachusetts France
Malaysia
New Jersey Germany
Singapore
North Carolina Israel South-Korea
Ohio Italy Taiwan
Poland Thailand
Oregon
California Russian Federation
Spain Pacific
Canada
Australia
Sweden
Switzerland
South America
The Netherlands
Brazil
Turkey
UAE
United Kingdom

Bold = R&D and/or Manufacturing

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 Company overview

Video & Lighting Digital Cinema Medical

Solutions Imaging

Defence Security & Simulation

Monitoring

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 Simulation

 Simulation & training

 Edutainment
 Virtual reality & 3D

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 Worldwide presence

Over 2000 Simulation & VR

systems worldwide

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 Barco in India

 Established since 1996,

 Team size: 400+
 Locations:
– Noida (R&D, Manufacturing, HO Sales & Support)
– Mumbai (Regional Sales & Support Office)
– Bangalore (Regional Sales & Support Office)
– Various site & other location support engineers
 Territory being handled:
– India
– Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Nepal & Bhutan
 Certifications:
– ISO 9001
– ISO 14001

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 Research & Development

 Team
– Hardware
– Software

 Development Programs

 Area of Specialization
– Electronics Development
 Digital Hardware Design
 Power/Analog
 Firmware
 Controlware
– Mechanics Development
– Optics Development
– Software Development

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 Sales & After Support

 Team
– Experienced professionals for
 Solution Design
 Sales & Marketing
 Project Management & Installation
 After sales support

 Facilities:
– Local repairing facility
– Local demo facility
– Local availability of critical spares & consumables

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 Barco India - Experience

 Successful implementation of Complex Systems

– 14-ch dome display for IAF
 MMS 2000

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 Barco India - Experience

 Successful implementation of Complex Systems

– 3-ch curved screen for IAF
 ATC Tower Simulator

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 Barco India - Experience

 Successful implementation of Complex Systems

– 6-ch dome display for DRDO
 LCA Program
– 3-ch UAV simulator for DRDO
 Rustom program

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 Barco India - Experience

 The only rear projected multi-channel curved screen

Active stereo installation in India
– Rear Projection curved screen – DRDO
 HILS Simulation

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 Overview

 Barco Introduction

 Visualization – Simulated Environments

– Applications
– Types of Displays

 Worldwide Trends
– Trends
– New age systems

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 Applications

 UAV
 Ship bridge
 Flight
 Air traffic control tower
 Driving
 Firearms

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 Applications

• Terrain Visualization
• Tactical Training/Simulation/Planning
• War-gaming

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 What are the Display System Types?

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 Real-Image Displays

Spectral Rays

Dome Center

In a real-image display, the image is viewed directly off the

surface of a dome or monitor screen

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 Collimated Image Displays

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 Display System Types

UAV Simulators
Firearm Simulators

Flight Simulators

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& others…..
 Display System Types…

Flat Screen Display

FLAT SCREENS

HORIZON

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 Display System Types…

Partial-FOV Displays

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 Display System Types…

Dome based displays

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 Display System Types…
 Variable resolution displays
– Area-of-interest display systems

– Variable channel resolution

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150 120 90 60 30 0 30 60 90 120 150

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 Uniform resolution displays

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150 120 90 60 30 0 30 60 90 120 150

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 Display System Types…

Virtual Reality

 How can you implement it

– Use of Stereo Vision

 Life size displays

– Application SW
 Create realistic 3D models
 Add Human behavior

– Interaction by use of tracking technology

 Human Mannequin

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 Selecting a Display Solution for simulator

 Training objective/Training need analysis

– Brightness & Contrast

 Luminance in Foot Lamberts or nits
 5:1…. 6:1 (not 2000:1)

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 How does it relate to my training requirement?

Detection
Orientation
Recognition
Identification

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 System Vs Product

Display system parameters Projector/screen specifications

• Field of view • # projectors/channels needed

• Resolution (e.g. 7 arcmin/OLP) • Projector resolution: 1400x1050

• distortion – overlap – Kell factor

• Brightness specs (e.g. 4 ftL)  • Projector brightness in Ansi Lumens

influence of screen gain

• System Contrast (e.g. 6:1)  • Contrast of the projector: 700:1

influence of screen gain and
obstructions!

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 Overview

 Barco Introduction

 Visualization – Simulated Environments

– Applications
– Types of Displays

 Worldwide Trends
– Trends
– New age systems

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 Worldwide Trends

Voice of the customer

 Higher resolution
– Pixel real estate It doesn’t
– Let’s make it more real
look Real
 Closer to real life environments
– Ability to simulate both day & night scenes
– Low latency
– High brightness to allow working in brighter environments

 Efficiency & Effectivity Should be able to work

– Optimum stereo technology
– Standardization
for extended hours

 Ease of use
– Same user interface in all rooms
BP: “it typically takes us
– We want it to be like our PC 15 minutes to get a
meeting started”
 Collaboration
– Enhance collaboration within a room and between the rooms

Shell: “we need to be able

to involve our experts
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wherever they are in the
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 Making it real

 Rear projection Dome

– Better than 4 arcmin/OLP
throughout the FoV
– 360° field-of-view
 No compromise on FoV
 No disturbing shadows
– 25:1 contrast
– 10ftL brightness
– NVG stimulation capability

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 Rear Projection Dome Video

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 Questions Pls contact –
Lalit Mendiratta
+91-98714 56600
lalit.mendiratta@barco.com

K J Madhusudan
+91-98450 08466
madhusudan.kj@barco.com

Tapan Naswa
+91-98101 14525
Thank You! tapan.naswa@barco.com

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