Education and demonstration – Vehicle operator instruction or testing – Flight vehicle
Patent
1989-12-26
1991-05-14
Apley, Richard J.
Education and demonstration
Vehicle operator instruction or testing
Flight vehicle
364521, G09B 900
Patent
active
050151886
ABSTRACT:
A two dimensional or flat image display format for showing on an aircraft pilot's helmet mounted display the position of the aircraft relative to other aerial objects in three dimensional space is disclosed. The display format switches, under pilot control, among a variety of different, primarily three dimensional perspective, views. The disclosed views include a generally top-down first view from above the primary object showing the primary object generally at the center of said first view surrounded by the one or more other objects; a generally behind-forward perspective second view from behind the primary object showing the primary object generally at the center of said second view surrounded by the one or more other objects; and, a generally inside out third view from the primary object at the center of said third view showing those one or more other objects surrounding the primary object that are generally inside a solid angle defined by said third view. The displayed positions of the one or more other objects automatically change in response to rotation of the primary object to maintain a front-forward direction of the primary object in the first and second views. In the third view, the displayed positions of the one or more other objects change, under operator control of an apparent viewing orientation, so that the third view approximates an actual out-the-window view from the primary object.
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Aldrich Kenneth
Haas Michael W.
Pellosie, Jr. John C.
Apley Richard J.
Bricker Charles E.
Richman Glenn E.
Singer Donald J.
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of
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