Education and demonstration – Vehicle operator instruction or testing – Flight vehicle
Patent
1998-11-20
2000-11-28
Cheng, Joe H.
Education and demonstration
Vehicle operator instruction or testing
Flight vehicle
434 29, 434 44, 345 1, 348 36, G09B 908, G09B 1916
Patent
active
061527394
ABSTRACT:
A visual display system for producing a continuous far-focused virtual image according to the present invention includes a number of adjacent video image generation and display modules. Each module includes an image generator that generates a video image representative of a portion of a composite display image displayed on a video display. The visual display system also includes a number of optical viewing lenses associated with each video image generation and display modules and positioned between the operator and the video display. The lenses restrict the operator's field of view such that the operator views only a portion of the active display area of the video displays. The lenses of adjacent modules are joined together along their edges to form an enclosure partially surrounding the operator so that the operator views the composite display image displayed on the video displays through the lenses and perceives the composite display image as a continuous far-focused virtual image.
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Amery John G.
Stockton Michael E.
VanHoogstrate John A.
Cheng Joe H.
McDonnell Douglas Corporation
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