Aeronautics and astronautics – Missile stabilization or trajectory control
Reexamination Certificate
2005-12-01
2009-02-24
Gregory, Bernarr E (Department: 3662)
Aeronautics and astronautics
Missile stabilization or trajectory control
C244S003110, C244S003150, C244S003160, C244S003190, C340S945000, C340S971000, C345S007000, C345S008000, C359S618000, C359S629000, C359S630000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07495198
ABSTRACT:
A method for improving nighttime visual awareness of a pilot flying an aircraft carrying an air-to-air missile including one or more one gimbaled imaging sensor. The method includes providing a helmet for the pilot, a helmet tracking system for determining the attitude of the helmet relative to the aircraft, and a helmet-mounted display. The method also includes determining a current imaging sensor viewing direction of the imaging sensor of the air-to-air missile, sampling an image from the imaging sensor of the air-to-air missile and displaying the image on the helmet-mounted display. The determining and the displaying are performed so that the image displayed on the helmet-mounted display viewed by the pilot is spatially aligned with the scene viewed by the imaging sensor.
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Friedman Mark M.
Gregory Bernarr E
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd.
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