BoSS XXI User Guide, Training Edition
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1. Figure 12 Forward Backward Adjustable Seat Position c Up Down Forward Backward Adjustable Seat Seat position summary 4urora 100 2 gt 78 Bodinek diner Bdiet 0 0 _ oso FES NFS a m zal a Figure 13 Up Down Forward Backward Adjustable Seat Position d Non Adjustable Seat For non adjustable seat PASS will display confidence result for the actions directly Details Jet Ranger Aft 0 Up 0 Aircraft Jet Ranger Upo AFE Pass Fail e Je Action Result Confide Head_Clear C Rass 00s Pedal_Rch R OO Figure 14 Non Adjustable Seat Position PASS USER GUIDE 3 3 2 Bivarplot Window Bivarplot seated Height mm 1050 35 ellipses GENDER Male GENDER Female Thigh length ren Figure 15 Bivarplot Window With The Current Record Bivarplot window shows the Seated Height and Thigh length coordinates distribution The small rectangle black square shows current record point The red color crosses represent the Female distribution and the blue color crosses represent the male distribution 3 4 STARTING PASS INSIDE BOSS COMBO PASS application can be invoked with2. 7 Number of flagged dependant variables doesn t match training data 8 Duplicated rows in training data 9 Incorrect spelling of aircraft name extra whitespace 10 Tab names don t match specified labels in Column R 11 Name of threshold inequality tab incorrectly specified or located in wrong cell 12 Incorrect order of columns in training data they must follow the ordering requirement given previously 13 Incorrect specification of pass fail in training data they must be numeric only 1 pass 2 fail 14 Real values entered for integer columns such as flags 15 Numeric values entered in string required columns such as tab names 16 Hidden or extra data whitespace is present on the spreadsheet 17 Sign of inequality constant is incorrect is less than lt 18 Extra rows or columns appear in the worksheets These must be deleted 34 PASS USER GUIDE 5 6 SUMMARY CONCLUSION In summary for every aircraft the following information must be supplied in the Excel file in the manner and format previously indicated 1 Aircraft Name Must exactly match one name on the figure 2 List of Critical Actions Each critical reach vision clearance etc One per row 3 List of Anthropometric Factors Variables One per column as shown 4 Auto generated indications of dependant seat positions Columns Q 5 Auto generated condition matrix of indexes indicating the dependencies of the above items 2 4 6
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4. V 4 Pass eede en VT P ue ee ee Hawk Pass 90 Hercules v Pass Hornet 4 Pass Siting Height 990 Tet Ranger 4 Bideltoid Breadth 556 Figure 18 A PASS Report for a Pilot King Ar 4 V Pass Poes V V Pass_ V 4 V P 13 PASS USER GUIDE The VCR Vision Clearance and Reach result is for the best seat position for correspondent aircraft And also the Green or Red highlighted background for the weight decision The background weight color is green if within the weight range or red if out of the weight range 4 4 AUTO REPORT PRINTING File Database Link Windows Help wf Unlock Admin cri Value 1053 J03 otc 1 1 fla 606 1145 509 263 8 39 3 S010 Train Retrain DFA He Train Run Batch Mode Forward Func Reach Acromion Height Span Eye Height Sitting Thigh Circumference Combaleg knee Height Thigh Length Waist Depth Weight Hip Breadth Seated Height Bideltoid Breadth Close Clear Anthro Values Figure 19 Auto Report Printing Selection Check this option to have report printed right after you finish processing the record 4 5 ADMIN FUNCTIONS FOR PASS ADVANCED USER DESIGNER The admin functions are protected by Password to prevent unsafe or unexpected changes Admin functions generate the train data which is used for the DFA functions to
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6. Retrieve Anthro record Cancel Figure 5 Pilot Measurement IDs Pass File Admin Tools MeF ea Windows Help Retrieve Anthro Record Scan ID Measurement Height Biacromial breadth Forward Func Reach Acromion Height Span Ewe Height Sitting Thigh Circumference Comboleg Knee Height Thigh Length waist Depth weight Hip Breadth Seated Height Bideltoid Breadth Computes Store results Report Close All Clear Anthro values Figure 6 Load a Record from a PASS Database File PASS USER GUIDE Select one an ID and click Process button to input the anthropometric measurement into PASS Pass Sel File Admin Tools Database Link Windows Help Measurement Value Height Biacromial breadth Forward Func Reach Acromion Height Span Eve Height Sitting Thigh Circumference Comboleg Knee Height Thigh Length Waist Depth Weight Hip Breadth Seated Height Process Close Bideltoid Breadth Gek new Compute Store results Close All Clear Anthro Values Figure 7 Load a Record from BoSS Database File Figure 8 Pilot IDs in PASS Database 3 2 3 Load a Measurement Record from BoSS Database File Pass can retrieve BoSS records directly When PASS reads the list of Ids in BoSS Database it will automatically remove the ids that already exist in the PASS database from the list To retrieve the record from the BoSS Combo database you need click the Get new records button in the main user int
7. and store it in the PASS Database It s very necessary to use this button to compute and save each time after you manually modified measurement values in the main window 4 3 REPORT BUTTON Report button generates the PASS report for the current record The report file is in the MS word format and it s compatible with Microsoft Word 2000 and Microsoft Word 2003 The report file will overwrite replace the old one when generating the new one if old one exists During this process you will see the aircraft summary window Figure 9 pops up or 12 updates if it s already opened PASS USER GUIDE The aircraft summary window disappears after the report is saved and a message pops up shows Report is saved in C Program _ files Vislimage Systems Inc Pass 1 0 reports Pilot_Report_1 doc Then you can go to this folder and open the report Report is saved as MS word document It s compatible with MS Word 2000 and MS Word 2003 format The report contains aircraft summary window a snapshot of bivarplot window table of measurements and bivarplot chart a snapshot of the bivarplot window Name Sample 1 Service 1 Date 25 04 2009 9 55 28 AM _Srimary Tsiner_ gt O Se OO 68 Cormorant O kaa S woa O Bao Key EE corderine ees i0 dats Challenger O Hornet Anthropometry Anthro ID Mo Aurora 4 472 3 Challenger Pass Cormorant
8. are to be classified based using thresholds It is also important to note that Cell 51 now contains the label name for the Excel worksheet tab detailing the thresholds PASS USER GUIDE Figure 34 shows the format for specifying the actual thresholds on the worksheet tab named in Cell S1 on the main tab 0 0 1 Primary trainer Factor 1 Factor 2 Factor3 Factor4 Factor5 Factor6 Factor 730006 Factos 2 Action Stature Biacromial bre Functional FAcromion HeSpan Eye Haigh Thigh Circt Combo Le Knee Height Sitting Min sih 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Max sitt ht 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Factori Factorii Factorl2 Factori3 Factorld Factorl Seat Flay Data Buttock Kr Waist Dep Weight Hip Breadt Sitting Height __Bideltoid Breadth Empty na 0 0 0 0 Ona 0 0 0 0 1000 0 Ona Figure 34 Specifying Threshold Values for Individual Factors Action Items The following formatting file structure restrictions apply to setting up this worksheet tab 1 Each action that is flagged on the main tab with thresholds must appear in row order with each action requiring two rows the first row specifying the minimum threshold the second the maximum Both minimum and maximum values must be specified for each flagged action Note that an arbitrarily large or small number might need to be entered to satisfy this condition 2 The column titles number of columns and order of factors column order must be the Same as specified in the m
9. file structure restrictions apply to setting up this worksheet tab 1 The column titles number of columns and order of factors column order must be the same as that specified in the main tab 2 Cells B3 P3 in row 3 must contain the linear inequality coefficients for each anthropometric value They must be real signed numerical values as they will be multiplied by the corresponding anthropometric value and summed 3 The constant value of the inequality must be specified in cell R3 It is a signed value with positive indicating that the inequality is to be less than the constant value to pass lt For a greater than constraint simply negate the constant gt Equality constraints are not presently supported 5 4 CASE 4 USING BOTH ANTHROPOMETRIC THRESHOLDS AND LINEAR PROGRAMMING INEQUALITIES For maximum classification flexibility the program also allows the combined use of both anthropometric value thresholds and linear inequality constraints to classify a certain factor action combination The previous format and syntax requirements of Case 1 must be applied in addition to the additional requirements given in this section 31 PASS USER GUIDE To illustrate the use of this functionality please open the file new_air_template4 xls using Excel This file shows the format and syntax for combining Cases 2 and 3 This file is similar to the one examined in Case 3 but with the addition of the following as shown in
10. in the next column c If there is a seat fwd aft dependence which will show on the seat flag on the main tab it must appear in the next column d Itis important to note that the seat up column must come before the seat aft column 4 For seat position an unsigned decimal value as opposed to value must be used 0 0 1 100 0 5 50 or neutral etc 5 All columns must have the same number of rows 6 All training data values must be numeric only integer or real 7 The last column must indicate the classification and must contain either an integer 1 specifying a pass or 2 specifying a fail Strings are not allowed nor are any values other than 1 or 2 8 IMPORTANT The last row entry for each column must contain all zeros 0 except for the entry in the final column the PASS FAIL column final row This cell here shown as C32 for example must contain a O or 1 which is a flag indicating how to set the priori variance for the DFA A zero 0 indicates that equal priori weighting should be used 50 50 or 5 for each A one 1 indicates that the priori estimated variances should be computed from the training set based on the number of classifications pass fail in the training set All of the remaining tabs in the Excel file are configured similarly based on the relevant factors actions seat positions 27 PASS USER GUIDE 5 2 CASE 2 WHEN ADDITIONAL ANTHROPOMETRIC THRESHOLD VALUES ARE USED For additi
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12. 64 17 FIGURE 25 TRAINING ALL AIRCRAFTS 551 670 18 FIGURE 26 THE PROGRESS BAR IN THE TRAINING 065 19 FIGURE 27 RUN BATCH MODE TO COMPUTE ALL THE PILOT IN AN MS EXCEL FILE cccececeseeeees 19 FIGURE 28 SELECTION WINDOW FOR THE 20 FIGURE 29 BATCH CALCULATION RESULT iacksicswscuescsntadesoapasensdendcdessaweseotenwestcacapeseacieed cnempacedieedesteode 20 FIGURE 30 MULTI TABBED MS EXCEL 05 22 FIGURE 31 DETAILED INFORMATION IS SHOWN AS COMMENT IN EXCEL 23 FIGURE 32 ADDITIONAL TABS CONTAINING TRAINING 26 FIGURE 33 ADDING THRESHOLDS TO ANTHROPOMETRIC 60705 28 FIGURE 34 SPECIFYING THRESHOLD VALUES FOR INDIVIDUAL FACTORS ACTION 29 FIGURE 35 ADDING LINEAR PROGRAMMING INEQUALITY CONSTRAINTS MAIN 8 30 FIGURE 36 SPECIFYING INEQUALITY AND THRESHOLD CONSTRAINTS FOR INDIVIDUAL FACTOR ACTIONS 31 FIGURE 37 ADDING THRESHOLD AND LINEAR PROGRAMMING INEQUALITY CONSTRAINTS 0ceseeceseeees 32 FIGURE 38 SPECIFYING INEQUALITY CONSTRAINTS FOR INDIVIDUAL FACTOR ACTION 33 PASS USER GUIDE 1 INTRODUCTION PASS Pilot Anthropometrical Screening System is a patented technology owned by Canadian Government and implemented by Vislmage Systems Inc PASS is a method and system for determining a subject s suitability for workstations such as aircraft cockpits based on the subject s anthropometric measurements The subjects measurements are used as input to a workspace accommodat
13. Figure 37 Reach R tramer Factor Factor Factor 3 Factor 4 Factors Factor6 Factor Factos Facto A Acton Stature Biacromeal breadth Functional Reach Acromon Height Span Eye Height Si Thigh 6 Combo Leg Knee Height Site i 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Reach2 R 0 i 0 0 0 7 0 0 Clearl C 0 0 1 0 i 0 0 D 0 BVist V 0 D 0 0 0 t 0 0 0 ETA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Bi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 i a 8 H Reachi R Factor Factori Factori2 Factorl3 Factorld Factori5 Seat Flay Data Buttock Kne Waist Dapth Weight Hip Bread Sitting Hei Bideltoid Bre Empty A fa 0 0 1 32 00 1 5 none 5 none 2 a gt gt 3 3 2 2 oa ome wh ph main AAA At l ar Figure 37 Adding Threshold and Linear Programming Inequality Constraints The fifth critical action Row 7 in the template implements the inequality constraint as in Case 3 while the sixth action Row 8 in the template implements the threshold constraint It is recommended to group the thresholds and inequality constraints and to implement them as shown With respect to row order it is recommended from top to bottom to list all DFA related functions row by row followed by all inequality constrained actions finally the threshold functions It is also important to note that Cell 51 now contains the label name for the Excel worksheet tab that details bo
14. Sitting Hei Bideltoed Bread Empty na na 0 0 0 0 0 n 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 Oct 0 0 0 0 0 39 as Figure 30 Multi Tabbed MS Excel Worksheet Note the small diagonal red lines in the upper right corner of some cells These cells contain embedded comments summarizing characteristics of those and related cells The comments can be viewed by pointing to the cell with the cursor as shown in Figure 31 They may also be displayed by right clicking and selecting the Show Comment command 22 PASS USER GUIDE Factor Factor Figure 31 Detailed Information Is Shown As Comment in Excel File Note as shown in Figure 31 that the Excel file has multiple worksheet tabs There are four possible cases to consider in setting up the training files 5 1 CASE 1 WHEN NO INDIVIDUAL FACTOR THRESHOLDS OR INEQUALITY CONSTRAINTS ARE USED 5 1 1 Setting up the Main Tab The first tab main contains a summary of all the factors anthro variables actions reaches etc and their relationships or dependencies The main tab also defines the display labels for all of the items and contains links to the training data tab labels each other tab contains training data for individual Actions one per tab Finally this page also may contain a link to the special constraints if present allowing absolute minimum and maximum thresholds for anthropometric measurements and or linear programming inequality constraints Below is a detailed s
15. Training data one action per tab 7 Flag indicating how to compute priori variance for DFA Last value on each training data tab 8 Links to tab worksheets with training data for each action Column R 9 Link to tab worksheet with threshold values inequality constraints if needed Cell 51 10 Separate tab sheet with threshold values and inequalities as shown above 35 PASS USER GUIDE ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS Table 1 shows the acronyms and abbreviations used in this document Acronyms and Explanation Abbreviations Discriminate Function Analysis DND Department of National Defence Table 1 Acronyms and Abbreviations 36 PASS USER GUIDE CUSTOMER SUPPORT you have questions concerning the operation of PASS you may contact Vislmage Systems Inc customer support E mail your questions to support vis ca or send them by fax to 905 946 A customer service representative will reach you within 24 hours 1060 If you want to speak to us directly please call 1 905 946 0000 Within the U S and Canada a toll free number is also available 1 866 VIS IMAGE 1 866 847 4624 Vislmage Systems Inc 14 7676 Woodbine Ave Markham ON L3R 2N2 Canada Phone 905 946 0000 Fax 905 946 1060 Www vis ca 37
16. ach Acromion Height Span Eve Height Sitting Thigh Circumference Comboleg Knee Height Thigh Length Waist Depth Weight Hip Breadth Seated Height Bideltoid Breadth Close All Clear Anthro values Figure 27 Run Batch Mode to Compute All The Pilot In An MS Excel File 19 PASS USER GUIDE Select an Excel pilot file and designate the output file name Output file Save inc Q batch results File name Save Save as type iles a Cancel Figure 28 Selection Window For The Output There are only 3 aircrafts in this batch result file because we only trained these 3 aircrafts previously EJ Microsoft Excel BatchResult csv Seles Gal File Edit View Insert Format Tools Data Window Help Type a question for help X ink Arial 0 B 1 a 3 ao 0 51 1 1 T ai a with Changes End Review Al hi fe Aircraft Aircraft Overall MurnFad MurnPad NurnFail NumCld BestUp Scan I Stature Sort Ascending Sort Descending to to 10 Aurora 11 Aurora 12 Aurora 14 4 gt BatchResult Ready Le to oc oo od od d oO oo 22 OOOO Ooo oo ooo amp 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 Figure 29 Batch Calculation Result 20 PASS USER GUIDE 5 ADD MODIFY AIRCRAFT SCREENING CRITERIA IN PASS Upon i
17. ain tab 3 The order of the Actions in the threshold file must be given in the up down row wise order of appearance of the indicator flags 2 on the main sheet main tab 4 The minimum values must appear before the maximums and naturally must be smaller numerically 29 PASS USER GUIDE 5 3 CASE 3 WHEN ADDITIONAL LINEAR PROGRAMMING INEQUALITIES ARE USED For even more classification flexibility the PASS tool now also allows the use of linear inequality constraints to classify a certain Factor and Action combination This is most commonly used in linear programming derived solutions The previous format and syntax requirements of Case 1 must be applied and in addition These inequalities allow deterministic classification with functions that contain multiple anthropometric variables To illustrate the use of this functionality please open the file new_air_template3 xls using Excel This file is similar to the one examined in Case 1 but with the addition of the following linear inequality constraint restrictions Notice for the fifth action row titled LinearP C there is no DFA or thresholds but it instead is to be classified by using the following linear programming inequality 0 24 Knee Height Sitting 1 00 Buttock Knee Length lt 795 oa Combo Leg Length Factor Factor 2 Facto 3 Factor 4 Factor 5 Factor amp Factor 7 Ni Pnmey trainer actore ion Stature breadth Func
18. air_template xls file sheet r1 Fd Microsoft Excel new_air_template1_xls Ea D ed eS 8 E Eg 5 5 a 4 Biacromial breadth 5 5 422 422 398 398 398 411 411 411 410 410 410 395 395 395 390 390 T 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 jal e WS a Figure 32 Additional Tabs Containing Training Data 26 PASS USER GUIDE The following format restrictions exist for specifying the training data on each tab 1 Duplicate rows are not allowed these will cause a run time error as they create singular matrices 2 The first row contains column titles that must be present and each must contain a string e g aft They must match exactly to either the anthropometric variable names in the main tab across Row 2 or seat positions must match the labels up or Yat The string matching is used to automatically populate the condition factor matrix on the main tab 3 The column order for the actual training data must be specified from left to right as follows a Dependant factor training data discrete values one per column Columns A up to the number of factors for that action These must be in same order column wise left to right as the coefficient flags appear on the main tab b If there is a seat up down dependence which will show on the seat flag on the main tab it must appear
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21. easurement Record from a MS Excel File There are several ways to load record to PASS program You can load from the excel file you can load from PASS Database or you can load from the BoSS Combo Database PASS USER GUIDE Help Database Link Windows 77 5 wi Admin Tools Pick Mew Record Computes Store results Clear Anthro Values View Anthro File in Excel Exit Biacromial breadth Forward Func Reach Acromion Height Span Eve Height Sitting Thigh Circumference Comboleg Knee Height Thigh Length Waist Depth Weight Hip Breadth Seated Height Bideltoid Breadth Get new records Close All Figure 3 Load a Record from MS Excel Files File to load Look in 0 f e i Pilot_extrerne h 5 Pilots_ant xls 55 Pilots_short xls 5 Pilots_single ls File name Pilot_extrenes xls Files of type Exlel files xls w _ Open as read only Cancel Figure 4 Select a MS excel file Select the file that contains the anthropometric data to open This function will display a list of record IDs corresponding to a set of anthropometric measures of a pilot PASS USER GUIDE Select one ID and click OK to load The record ID and measurement values will show on the Pass window 3 2 2 Load a Measurement Record from a Pass Database File A measurement record can be loaded from the PASS Database Go to menu Database Link
22. ed as needed however adding additional anthropometric functions requires source code modification Unlike the action labels that are unique for each aircraft these anthropometric variables must be identical for all aircraft The actual assignment or dependency of each action to each anthropometric factor takes place in three ways 1 By providing matched training data on a worksheet tab linked to a particular row or action 2 By providing a flag indicating the factors that each action or row is dependent upon see below 3 By providing a flag indicating which seat movements are also modeled for each action such as up down fwd aft both or none also see below The column order of these factors is on the main tab and their related relative position in the training data must be consistent Thus columns in the training data must appear in a fixed order from left to right as described later in this document Renaming anthropometric variables is possible though care must be used to ensure that the names are consistent internally for each excel aircraft input file making sure that the training data column titles are exact matches to those on the main tab For renaming anthropometric variables it is recommended to use a third party Excel search and replace tool such as one provided by www replsoft com It can search and replace in batch mode renaming variables across multiple workbook files and worksheet tabs It is also imp
23. edas 6 3 3 1 Aircraft Summary WINKOW c ccccsesccsesssresonssectenssscnesssessousssctenssscneousrense 7 10 0 3932 34 Starting 55 Inside BOSS COMO wasiiccccstevcsecweiiscssdeancssadenseraesbeseiieyeiesasatoossanabeaverersiousteesn 10 4 ADVANCED PASS 11 4 1 Clear Anthro Values Button cccccccssseccccsececcensccceesececeeneceeeeneceeseesecessunecessegeceesegneeetes 11 4 2 Compute Store Results Button 12 4 3 Repor BUCO eessen EEEN rR EEEE aA 12 4 4 A 14 5 Admin Functions For PASS Advanced User Designer 14 4 5 1 Unlock The Functions Protection cccccceesecccessececeeescceeeusccessueceeeeneceeseees 15 an TA AIS e a actitentes basesebacwerenecneds 16 4 6 Rn A MOIE e E E AE E 19 5 ADD MODIFY AIRCRAFT SCREENING CRITERIA IN PASS 21 5 1 Case 1 When No Individual Factor Thresholds or Inequality Constraints Are Used 23 SA1 Seiling upihe Main TaDesssssisemi N a 23 5 1 2 Setting up the Additional Tabs Containing Training Data seess 26 5 2 Case 2 When Additional Anthropometric Threshold Values are Used ences 28 5 3 Case 3 When Additional Linear Programming Inequalities are 0560 30 5 4 Case 4 Using Both Anthropometric Thresholds amp Linear Programming Inequalities 31 5 5 Troubleshooting COMMON 34 S6 00 35 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONG sscsccscsscsccsccsccscsscsccscssc
24. erface Then like the other 2 functions just select a ID from the list to load 3 2 4 Input Measurements Manually Anthropometric measurement for an individual can be entered into PASS using on screen interface and keyboard directly 3 3 COMPUTE AND ANALYZE THE RESULT Once the anthropometrical measurements are loaded PASS can compute and check if this pilot can operate certain aircraft The result will be displayed and save To make the computation on the current record click the button Compute Store results PASS will pop up aircraft summary window and bivarplot window PASS USER GUIDE 3 3 1 Aircraft Summary Window The Aircraft summary window as shown in Figure 9 displays the summary of the result on checking if a pilot can operator certain aircraft as shown in the figure below The color background surrounding an aircraft name indicates the result Red represents Fail for that aircraft Green represents pass and Yellow represents Borderline Aircraft Summary a Figure 9 Aircraft Summary Window The aircraft summary window shows which aircraft could be operated by this subject from the anthropometric point of view The green means lt Pass gt Yellow means lt Borderline gt Red means lt Fail gt and Grey means lt No Data gt lt No Data gt happens only if the specific aircraft module has not been trained A seat position summary window is available by click on the button for each aircraft In PASS airc
25. f Actions list e g 0 This numeric column contains integer flags that indicate the seat position dependency or model for each action or row 25 PASS USER GUIDE The cells consist of an integer flag specified as follows O Indicates that the specified action row is dependant and training data supports on both fwd aft and up down seat positions 2 Indicates that the specified action is dependant on fwd aft seat position only 3 Indicates that the specified action is dependant on up down seat position only 5 Indicates that the specified action is not dependant on any seat position Note that this column is now automatically generated by spreadsheet functions provided that consistent labelling is used in the column headings on all of the tabs containing training data This means that each column heading Row A on each training data tab must contain either an exact anthro label matching the main tab or the label Yup aft or the name of the critical action Cells 53 to end of actions list This column contains a numeric value in sequence it is presently unused but provides a unique index or key reserved for future use 5 1 2 Setting up the Additional Tabs Containing Training Data The remaining worksheet tabs linked to the main tab by the labels in Column R on the main tab contain the DFA training data Figure 32 contains an example of training data for one action from the sample file New_
26. his EULA shall be directed to Vislmage Systems Inc 14 6 Woodbine Ave Markham ON L3R 2N2 Canada Vislmage and other trademarks contained in the System are trademarks or registered trademarks of Vislmage Systems Incorporated in Canada and or other countries Third party trademarks trade names product names and logos may be the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners You PASS USER GUID TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 A 1 2 PASS INSTALLATION AND REMOVAL ccscsscsscsccsccscsccsccscsscsccscsscsccscsscsscscescsscssoscescnces 2 2 1 linstall DotNetFrameworks 2 0 vciceseiscccssndtocdveciscnavendsonunenisessdemesess T EE 2 2 2 Install MCR Matlab Component Runtime 7 9 ccccccceesssecceceeeseeccceeeeeeeceeeeeeseceeesaeesseess 2 2 3 WS Gall PASS EO POS AI a E EN E EEN 2 2 4 REMOVE PASS EEE ETI OT 2 3 E TA 3 3 1 eg 2 ts geen ete nce noe A ee ee 3 3 2 Input Anthropometric Measurements to PASS ccccccssccccceseccecesececseececeeeeceeeuseceeauaeees 3 3 2 1 Load a Measurement Record from a MS Excel 6 ccc eeeeeccceeeeeeeeeeees 3 3 2 2 Load a Measurement Record from a PASS Database File ecese 5 3 2 3 Load a Measurement Record from Boss Database File 6 3 2 4 Input Measurements Manually cccccesccccsssececeesecceeeescceeseecesseeeceeseneeeeees 6 3 3 C mp te and Analyze the Result seca senancecr dtcandsamesiacvundeasientaciensteasteceneaeat sundocadevngecsiendec
27. in All Run Batch Mode Forward Func Reach Acromion Height Span Eve Height Sitting Thigh Circumference Comboleg Knee Height Thigh Length Waist Depth weight Hip Breadth Seated Height Bideltoid Breadth Close All Clear Anthro values Figure 22 Train Aircraft Using DFA Click Admin Tools gt Train Retrain DFA menu item You will see Window Select aircraft file s pops up 16 PASS USER GUIDE Select aircraft file s lt Cormorant i xls Harvard inp xls Hawk inp xls Hercules inp xls Hornet_inp xls Jet_ranger_inp xls King_air_inp xls Polaris inp xls Primary Trainer inp xls Seaking_inp xls Select all Figure 23 Select Aircraft Select aircrafts you want to train To multi select you can click the aircraft excel file by holding the Crtl key Press OK to start training If you trained only some of the aircrafts Not All aircrafts PASS will update these involved aircrafts info in the DFA binary file and all the other aircrafts will remain the same as before Aircraft Summary Harvard II Jet Ranger Sea King Cormorant King Air Hercules Buffalo eae Polaris Fail Mo data keyi Hawk Hornet Figure 24 Only the Latest Training Aircrafts are Highlighted 17 PASS USER GUIDE To make the retrained aircrafts have some special with the others PASS only displays colors for the latest trained aircrafts and also PASS only output these late
28. in BoSS XXI upon the completion of automatically measurement on a pilot In such a case the anthropometrical measurements obtained by BoSS will be automatically input into PASS and the Aircraft Summary report will be generated in the PASS report folder the default folder is Program Files Vislmage Systems Inc PASS 1 0 reports 2 For the instruction to start PASS within BoSS XXI please refer to BoSS Combo v2 0 UserGuide 10 PASS USER GUIDE 4 ADVANCED PASS OPERATIONS 4 1 CLEAR ANTHRO VALUES BUTTON 2 Pass File Admin Tools Database Link Windows Help Measurement Height Biacromial breadth Forward Func Reach Acromion Height Span Eye Height Sitting Thigh Circumference Combaleg Knee Height Thigh Length Waist Depth Weight Hip Breadth Seated Height Bideltoid Breadth Close All Clear Anthro Es Figure 16 Clear Antho Value Button Click this button to clear all the anthro measurements values in the Pass window 11 PASS USER GUIDE 4 2 COMPUTE STORE RESULTS BUTTON File Admin Tools Database Link Windows Help Measurement Height Biacromial breadth Forward Func Reach Acromion Height Span Eye Height Sitting Thigh Circumference Comboleg Knee Height Thigh Length Waist Depth Weight Hip Breadth Seated Height Bideltoid Breadth Computes Store Close All Clear Anthro Values Figure 17 Compute Store Results Button Compute Store results button calculates the current record in the PASS
29. ints maximum and minimum anthropometric dimensions and or optional linear regression inequality constraints These files are stored as Excel spreadsheets located in the aircraft_input sub directory of the root installation directory These input files are implemented in the program s prediction database through a training command found on the Administrator menu of the data_entry graphical interface To ensure successful program operation precise construction of these aircraft model files is needed 21 PASS USER GUIDE The simplest way to add or modify aircraft model is to modify the provided templates or adapt another aircraft s training file similar to the new one with respect to factors limits etc To begin the tutorial please open the file new_air_template xls using MS Excel This file contains sample data used in this guide the sample can be installed as the Primary Trainer When the Excel file is opened you should see a screen similar to Figure 30 shown split horizontally a ee Primary trainer Primary trainer Factor Factor2 Factor 4 Factor Factor6 Factor Facto Facto P Action Stature Biacromial breadFunctional RezAcromion Height Span Eye Haight Sitting Thigh Circi Combo Leg Le Knee Height Sitti Reach R 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cleart C 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Factor10 Factorit Factori Factorl3 Factort4 FactorlS Seat_Flag 8 none Buttock Kne Warst Depth Weight Hip Breadt
30. ion model that predicts an individual s ability to perform the tasks that are judged to be critical to the safe operation of Said workspace The workspace accommodation model is derived from experimentation and testing to determine the critical anthropometric measurements which will allow a subject ti acceptably accomplish the tasks required for the workspace Further the model is modular and adaptable such that it can improve the accuracy of its predictions with new cases and thus learn over time PASS 1 0 has been implemented in such a way that it is integrated with the automatic body sizing system BoSS 21 AutoPASS AutoPASS makes it easy to determine a subject s suitability for workstation PASS RCAF Royal Canadian Air Force Edition contains most aircraft cockpits models used in RCAF PASS 1 0 is the first implementation of the PASS technology Not all the desirable features are implemented in this version such as on line help and password modification Your valuable feedback and suggestions are welcome A Word About Passwords Depending on the environment in which you use your PASS system you may be more or less concerned about the security of your system and the privacy of your data In some environments it is very important to separate different functionality and to restrict these tasks to different people by using passwords In other environments these distinctions are irrelevant and you may find the password requirement
31. nstallation of the software suite accomplished easily by running the install program several sample files are included that can be used for this tutorial or as templates for adding additional aircraft These files are installed in a sub directory named tutorial of the root installation directory chosen at the time of installation The files used in this exercise found in the tutorial folder are 1 New_air_template xls Sample template for adding new aircraft using DFA only 2 New_air_template2 xls Sample template for new aircraft using DFA and individual factor thresholds 3 New_air_template3 xls Sample template for new aircraft using DFA and linear regression inequality constraints 4 New_air_template4 xls Sample template for new aircraft using DFA factor thresholds and linear regression inequality constraints These files may be used to train the PASS tool for testing purposes only appearing as the Primary Trainer aircraft Note that the tutorial files do not contain real training data for that aircraft but are supplied for documentation and training purposes only Detailed Guide Specifications for Adding Modifying Aircraft Model Files for PASS For each aircraft there is one multi tabbed MS Excel Worksheet that contains all of the DFA training data anthropometric factors critical actions reaches vision clearances and seat position dependency This file may also contain optional threshold constra
32. onal classification flexibility the PASS tool allows individual thresholds min and max values to be set for each anthropometric value for a certain critical action These thresholds enable absolute deterministic classification as opposed to the stochastic classification offered by DFA To illustrate the use of this functionality please open the file new_air_template2 xls using Excel The previous format and syntax requirements of Case 1 must be applied and in addition Notice for the fifth action row item cell A7 Threshold C there is no DFA but it instead is classified by using the following threshold constraint Sitting Height for clearance purposes must be between 0 1000 mm Factor Factor Factor Factor2 Factor3 Factor4 Factor5 Factor6 Factor9 Stature Biacromial bre Functional FAcromion Height Span Eye Heeght SiThigh CirctCombo Leg Knee Height Sitti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Factori0 Factorit Factori Factori3 Factorl4 FactoriS Seat_Flag Data Buttock Kne Waist Depth Weight Hip Breadt Sitting Hei Bideltoid Bre Empty na na 0 0 0 thresh 0 0 0 r 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oct 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 02 0 5 E a Figure 33 Adding Thresholds to Anthropometric Factors In Figure 33 notice that cell O7 contains a 2 value flag This indicates that these Factor Action combinations
33. ortant to ensure that the anthropometric names and labels are consistent across the various aircraft In general if renaming anthropometric factors titles is needed it is recommended to contact Array for assistance 24 PASS USER GUIDE Note that due to dependencies with specific fields in the sample database and certain error checking routines at this time the reordering of anthropometric variables is not supported This feature is planned for future versions of the program Cell S1 e g none Used to specify an optional special constraints tabbed sheet that contains individual Factor thresholds minimum maximums and or linear programming inequalities This cell must contain either the string none or a string containing the label of the worksheet tab containing the thresholds and or inequalities For more information on using and specifying thresholds please see Case 2 below Cells R3 to end of actions list e g r1 Link of each specified action in column A with its training data on named worksheet tab Each cell contains a string with the exact name of the tab or worksheet that contains the training data for the action contained on that row If the action row is only dependant on thresholds min max and or inequalities enter the string none no quotes in the corresponding cell in column R Cells B3 to end of actions list e g 0 These numeric cells define the condition matri
34. predict results These functions include Train Retrain DFA Train All and Run Batch Mode 14 PASS USER GUIDE 4 5 1 Unlock the Functions Protection Pass E Eg File Database Link Windows Help Auto Report Printing Unlock Admin Functions Train Retrain DFA Train All Run Batch Mode Forward Func Reach Acramion Height Span Eye Height Sitting Thigh Circumference Comboleg Knee Height Thigh Length waist Depth Weight Hip Breadth Seated Height Bideltoid Breadth Close All Clear Anthro values Figure 20 Unlock Admin Functions Click Admin Tools Unlock Admin Functions Cancel Figure 21 Password for Unlock Admin Functions Input password 2468 and click OK to unlock the admin functions If the Admin functions are unlocked the admin functions menu will be enabled 15 PASS USER GUIDE 4 5 2 Train aircrafts PASS Admin functions include training aircrafts Training aircrafts backup the current DFA binary result take the excel aircraft module file as the input generate the new binary DFA train data save it to hard drive and use it as the current DFA result There are 2 methods to train the DFA data One of them is Training all the aircrafts at one time the other is only training specific aircrafts 4 5 2 1 Train Specific Aircrafts Train Retrain DFA Teele Database Link Windows Help Auto Report Printing w Unlock Admin Functions i a a Tra
35. raft seats are divided into 4 different types They are a Up down adjustable seat b Forward backward adjustable seat PASS USER GUIDE c Up down Forward backward adjustable seat d Non adjustable seat Each seat type and the corresponding position summary is described in the following s To look into specific aircraft seat position summary click the button with the correspondent aircraft name a Up Down Adjustable Seat the seat can only be moved up and down Seat position summary window figure 10 will only display up and down position as shown below Seat position summary Harvard IT 2 Aircraft Harvard II Help 100 gt I Figure 10 Up Down Adjustable Seat Position Further details for each seat position can be retrieved and displayed by click a colored button in the seat position summary window as shown in figure 11 Details Harvard II Aft 0 Up 100 3 Aircraft Harvard II Up AFE Pass Fail e Action Result Confidence YON_summer RES ss YOR winter Pass Helmet clearance c URES ii Ejection clearance C Pass 100 Figure 11 Details on a Seat Position PASS USER GUIDE b Forward Backward Adjustable Seat Seat position summary Primary Trainer
36. s intrusive 1 US patent No US2010 0179918A1 Pilot Anthropometric Screening System PASS USER GUIDE 2 PASS INSTALLATION AND REMOVAL This section describes the procedures to install and remove PASS software 2 1 INSTALL DotNetFrameworks 2 0 Install DotNetFrameworks 2 0 version provided by Microsoft DotNetFrameworks is free to download from the Microsoft website 2 2 INSTALL MCR MATLAB COMPONENT RUNTIME 7 9 Matlab MCR 7 9 is a free library You can download it from the Matlab website 2 3 INSTALL PASS 1 0 PROGRAM Install PASS software is easy there s no difference between PASS installation and any other standard windows application a Double click the setup exe in the folder PASS Setup b Select the installation folder and click Next button 5 Pass 1 0 Select Installation Folder The installer will install Pass 1 0 to the following folder To install in this folder click Mest To install to a different folder enter it below or click Browse Folder C Program Files Yislmage Systems Inc Pass 1 0 Install Pass 1 0 for yourself or for anyone who uses this computer Everyone Just me Figure 1 PASS Installation Folder Selection c Click button Close when Installation is done 2 4 REMOVE PASS PROGRAM Go to lt Control Panel gt double click lt Add or Remove Programs gt icon and Select PASS1 0 to remove PASS USER GUIDE 3 PASS OPERATIONS 3 1 LAUNCH PASS Upon the e
37. sccscnscsscscescnscscescnscssescescssescscses 36 CUSTOMER SUPPORT 0 37 PASS USER GUIDE TABLE OF FIGURES FIGURE 1 PASS INSTALLATION FOLDER SELECTION 4441 2 FIGURE 2 PASS MAIN GUI AND BIVARPLOT WINDOW 201111111 3 FIGURE 3 LOAD A RECORD FROM IMIS EXCEL 5 111 4 FIGURE 4 SELECT A MS EXCEL FILE nesnenesneseseenessesesessessssesessssesossesoe ERROR BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED FIGURE 5 PILOT MEASUREMENTS DS ERROR BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED FIGURE 6 LOAD A RECORD FROM A PASS DATABASE 5 FIGURE IDS 6 FIGURE 8 LOAD A RECORD FROM BOSS DATABASE 6 FIGURE 9 AIRCRAFT SUMMARY 7 FIGURE 10 UP DOWN ADJUSTABLE SEAT POSITION 1440114442 0 8 FIGURE 11 DETAILS ON A SEAT 0506 8 FIGURE 12 FORWARD BACKWARD ADJUSTABLE SEAT 9 FIGURE 13 UP DOWN FORWARD BACKWARD ADJUSTABLE SEAT POSITION scccceseeccceecceceececeeeeeees 9 FIGURE 14 NON ADJUSTABLE SEAT 050 9 FIGURE 15 BIVARPLOT WINDOW WITH THE CURRENT 6 10 FIGURE 16 CLEAR ANTHO VALUE 6 11 FIGURE 17 COMPUTE STORE RESULTS 44 12 FIGURE 18 A PASS REPORT FOR A 13 FIGURE 19 AUTO REPORT PRINTING 551 60706 14 FIGURE 20 UNLOCK ADMIN 8 6 8 15 FIGURE 21 PASSWORD FOR UNLOCK ADMIN 8 6 15 FIGURE 22 TRAIN AIRCRAFT USING DFA 16 FIGURE 23 SELECT AIRCRAFT 767 77 7 7 17 FIGURE 24 ONLY THE LATEST TRAINING AIRCRAFTS ARE 61
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39. st trained aircrafts to the batch file In this case we trained aircraft Griffon Aurora and Challenger so only these 3 aircrafts have color identified by the aircraft summary window 4 5 2 2 Train All Aircrafts Train All This function allows you train all the aircraft in one time PASS will use all the aircraft excel files in the installation folder aircraft input 5 Pass File ESI tees Database Link Windows Help Auto Report Printing w Unlock Admin Functions Train Retrain DFA Run a Mode Forward Func Reach Acromion Height Span Eye Height Sitting Thigh Circumference Comboleg Knee Height Thigh Length Waist Depth Weight Hip Breadth Seated Height Bideltoid Breadth empuke Sore es Close Clear Anthro Values Figure 25 Training All Aircrafts Selection 18 PASS USER GUIDE The progress bar shows the current status of the training process Loading the aircraft models Figure 26 The Progress Bar in the Training Process 4 6 RUN BATCH MODE This function allows you to calculate and save all the records in an Excel pilot file to a result file The result file includes all the PASS prediction result Overall Pass fail factors best seat position anthropometric data and etc Click Admin Tools Run Batch Mode 5 Pass File GEU ieee Database Link Windows Help Auto Report Printing w Unlock Admin Functions Train Retrain DFA Train All Run Batch Mode Forward Func Re
40. th the inequality constraints and the thresholds e g sp_cond1 The correct format and syntax for the combined factors worksheet tab is shown in Figure 38 32 PASS USER GUIDE Max sitt ht E J 1 Primary trainer Factor 1 Factor2 Factor3 Factor4 FactorS Factor6 Factor Facto Factor Sction Stature Biacromial bre Functional FAcromion HeSpan Eye Haigh Thigh Circi Combo La Knee Height Sitting J LinearP c f 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 4 Min sitt ht 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 S e o gt cs meo NTWNTNFTNPVPH Wm PRoo gt 1 Factort1 Factorl2 Factori3 4 5 Seat 81 Data Buttock Knee Le Waist Dep Weight Hip Breadt Sitting Height Badeltoid Breadth Empty ne J 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 Ona 0 0 0 Ona i eee ee ee teste Figure 38 Specifying Inequality Constraints for Individual Factor Action Item The following format restrictions apply to setting up this combined special factors worksheet 1 The column titles number of columns and order of factors column order must be the same as that specified in the main tab 2 Rows 1 and 2 should be as shown corresponding to those on the main tab 3 Cells B3 P3 in row 3 must contain the inequality function coefficients for each anthropometric value They must be real signed numerical values as they will be multiplied by the corresponding anthropometric value and summed 4 The constant value of the inequali
41. tional Reach Acroenion Height Span Eye Height SiThigh Cire Height Sitti Reacht R 0 0 3 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 co oa 0 0 0 0 Factoid Factor Factori Factorl3 Factori Factori Seat Flag Data Buttock Kne Waist Depth Weight Hp Breadt Sitting Hei Bidetoid Bre Emety 0 r 312 Oct 0 0 0 Jri 0 5 none Figure 35 Adding Linear Programming Inequality Constraints Main Tab In Figure 35 notice that cell J7 contain a 3 value flag This indicates that this Factor Action combination is to be classified based using an inequality constraint It is also important to note that Cell 51 now contains the label name for the Excel worksheet tab detailing the inequality e g inequal1 This worksheet tab must be set up as shown in Figure 36 30 PASS USER GUIDE 3 Ue 0 1 Primary trainer Factor 1 2 Action Stature jLinearP C Factor 2 Factor3 Factor4 FactorS Factor6 Factor Factor Factor Biacromial bre Functional FAcromion HeSpan Eye Heigh Thigh Circt Combo Le Knee Height Sitting f 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 Factod Factorll Factori Factori Factorl3 Factorld Factori Seat Flag Data Knee Height Sitting Buttock Knee LeWaist Dep Weight Hep Bread S ting Height Bidetoid Breadth Empty na 02 oOo oO 0 14 o Figure 36 Specifying Inequality and Threshold Constraints for Individual Factor Actions The following formatting
42. ty must be specified in cell R3 It is a signed value with positive indicating that the inequality is to be less than the constant value to pass lt For a greater than constraint simply negate the constant gt Equality constraints are not presently supported 5 Following each inequality constraint row there are two rows for each anthropometric threshold related constraint It is important that the threshold constraints appear last in top to bottom row order on the special conditions tab worksheet 6 The order of the actions in the threshold file must be given in the up down row wise order of appearance of the indicator flags 2 on the main tab 7 The minimum values must appear before the maximums and must be smaller numerically 33 PASS USER GUIDE 5 5 TROUBLESHOOTING COMMON ERRORS Errors in the training data and or aircraft template will result in either program exceptions or invalid predictions classifications The former are much easier to detect Here is a list of potential common errors 1 Auto generated flag settings inconsistent with Training Data 2 Anthropometric names on main tab worksheet don t exactly match those in training data worksheet Cut and paste is recommended to match names 3 Missing values or flags on main tab 4 Name of first worksheet is not set to main 5 Names of training worksheets are not set correctly 6 Incorrect data format type string instead of number etc
43. ummary of the required cells in the main worksheet tab these should be modified as needed for new aircraft Cell A1 e g Primary Trainer Contains a string with the name of the aircraft It must precisely match one of the names shown in the Aircraft Summary see Figure 1 23 PASS USER GUIDE Cell A2 e g Actions Descriptive heading only should have no effect on analysis Can be changed must be a string not number Recommend leaving to default vale Cells A3 e g Reach1 R This column defines the display title of each relevant critical reach clearance or vision action for the given aircraft The length of the list is variable depending on the aircraft These alphanumeric titles are displayed in the graphics summary of the predict program and are also contained in the report from the batch mode of the program The actions can be classified using DFA thresholds and or linear programming inequalities Note that the last character can indicate if the action is related to reach R vision V or clearance C e g R in this case for Reach These are used in the seat position display to show the source of predicted failing actions Cells B2 P2 e g Stature etc This row defines the display titles of the anthropometric factors human dimensional measurements that are used to predict the success failure of the listed actions The display titles may be changed modifi
44. x that consists of integer flags that link the actions and anthropometric measurements thresholds inequalities and their relationship dependence In other words it specifies which measurements each critical action row of reach vision or clearance action depends upon The matrix consists of integer flags as follows 1 Indicates that the specified Anthro Action is classified using DFA trained 0 Indicates that the specified Anthro Action are not related 2 Indicates that the specified Anthro Action is classified using thresholds specified min max limits for related anthropometric measurements 3 Indicates that the specified Anthro Action is classified using a linear programming inequality For the 0 5 and 1 s with respect to training data the spreadsheet contains functions that automatically generate these flags provided that the column headings and labels for the Anthro names are identical on both the main worksheet tab and the related training data tab Currently it is required to manually specify anthro action combinations that depend upon special factors such 35 min max thresholds and or inequalities Thus at this time the 2 and 3 flags must be entered manually Note also that for the 3 flags inequalities only the first anthro term in the inequality need be specified on the main tab as all provided terms on the special conditions tab specified in cell 51 on the main tab will be applied Cells Q3 to end o
45. xecution of PASS program two main PASS operation windows appear on computer screen a Pass window and a Bivarplot window as shown in figure 1 below Bivarplot EJ File Admin Tools Database Link Windows Help seated Height mm 1050 95 ellipses GENDER Male GENDER Female Measurement Height Biacromial breadth Forward Func Reach 1000 Acromion Height Span Eye Height Sitting 950 Thigh Circumference Comboleg Knee Height 900 Thigh Length Waist Depth Weight 850 i Seated Height Bideltoid Breadth a00 Compute Store results bo 500 eT ee All Clear Anthro Values Thigh length mm Figure 2 PASS Main GUI and Bivarplot Window The Pass window displays a set of anthropometric measurement for a given pilot The Bivarplot window displays a distribution of seated height and thigh length according to the anthropometric survey from Canadian Forces in 1997 To predict if a pilot is suitable to an aircraft a set of anthropometrical measurements from this individual need to be input to PASS as displayed When the required anthropometrical measurements are presented to PASS press Compute Store results button will invoke the Aircraft Summary window as shown in Figure 9 3 2 INPUT ANTHROPOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS TO PASS There are four methods for PASS to input the anthropometrical measurements of a pilot and each of them will be described in detail in this section 3 2 1 Load a M
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