Head Trackable Wide Angle Visual System.

Abstract

The patent application relates to a human head trackable wide angle visual system which probes any given terrain constructed on a model board and causes selected image portions thereof to be projected on a trio of display sectors located on the inside surface of a spherical screen, with the view thereof being displayed thereon in accordance with control signals that are respectively portional to the turning of said head about a predetermined axis thereof. A head position sensor, a cockpit, a switching logic circuit, a synchronization signals generator, a trio of video switches, the aforesaid screen, and left, middle, and right light projectors are uniquely combined to provide such effects and, thus, simulate a real-life pilot training environment from a model thereof.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 08, 1976
Accession Number
ADD003321

Entities

People

  • John W. Herndon

Organizations

  • United States Department of the Navy

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Circuits
  • Environment
  • Flight Training
  • Generators
  • Logic
  • Logic Gates
  • Patent Applications
  • Patents
  • Pilots
  • Switches
  • Switching
  • Training
  • Wide Angles

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.