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Display system having wide field of view
Assignee: Qioptiq Ltd
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Filing: 1987-01-07
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Granted: 1988-09-20
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Expires: 2007-01-07
Abstract
Abstract A display system which can be used inside a vehicle such as a military tank to monitor at least part of the surrounding panorama. The display system has a display generator and an optical system for viewing the display. Electronic means are provided to predistort the display to compensate for distortion present in the optical system. The system includes individual display units mounted side-by-side, each having a respective television camera associated therewith so that a substantially continuous picture of at least part of the surrounding panorama can be reconstructed and viewed by an observer without any apparent mismatch between adjacent displays.
Inventors
- 👤 Michael J. Tuck
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 02:22
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06T; G06T3/00; G06T3/40; G02; G02B; G02B27/00; G02B27/0025; G06T3/04; G06T3/047; H; H04; H04N; H04N3/00; H04N3/10; H04N3/16; H04N3/22; H04N3/23; H04N3/233; H04N3/2335
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
169 words
A display system comprising: an array of cameras arranged with angularly-spaced orientations to cover a wide field of view; a plurality of display generators associated respectively with said cameras, each generator being operable to display an individual image representing a respective part of the field of view, the arrangement of the cameras and the generators being such that the individual images each correspond to a part of the field of view which overlaps with at least one adjacent part of the field of view; and an optical system associated with the display generators for viewing the said images simultaneously in an overlapping arrangement to provide a continuous composite image of said wide field of view; the display system further comprising electronic control means operable to predistort said individual images corresponding to adjacent parts of the field of view, whereby an observer viewing the composite image is substantially unable to discern any mismatch between the individual images representing adjacent parts of the field of view, even with some head movement.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
169 words
A display system comprising: an array of cameras arranged with angularly-spaced orientations to cover a wide field of view; a plurality of display generators associated respectively with said cameras, each generator being operable to display an individual image representing a respective part of the field of view, the arrangement of the cameras and the generators being such that the individual images each correspond to a part of the field of view which overlaps with at least one adjacent part of the field of view; and an optical system associated with the display generators for viewing the said images simultaneously in an overlapping arrangement to provide a continuous composite image of said wide field of view; the display system further comprising electronic control means operable to predistort said individual images corresponding to adjacent parts of the field of view, whereby an observer viewing the composite image is substantially unable to discern any mismatch between the individual images representing adjacent parts of the field of view, even with some head movement.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
A display system according to claim 1 arranged such that overlapping portions of adjacent displays are relatively large.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
64 words
A display system according to claim 4, wherein each display generator comprises a cathode ray tube, and the optical system includes a plurality of biocular magnifying lenses, and wherein said electronic control means is adapted to compensate for distortion introduced by the optical system such that a substantially undistorted view is obtained over the whole field of view provided by the overlapping individual images.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
18 words
A display system according to claim 3 arranged such that overlapping portions of adjacent displays are relatively large.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
35 words
A display system according to claim 3 arranged such that each respective display generator has an associated magnifier forming part of the optical system, each such generator and magnifier together forming a modular display unit.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
58 words
A display system according to claim 3 arranged such that variable drive voltages are used to identify and distort the raster image point of the generated display in accordance with the following equations: ##EQU5## where Xc and Yc are the respective corrected voltages required to give predistortion, K is a constant and d is the distortion factor required.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
18 words
A display system according to claim 6 arranged such that overlapping portions of adjacent displays are relatively large.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
35 words
A display system according to claim 6 arranged such that each respective display generator has an associated magnifier forming part of the optical system, each such generator and magnifier together forming a modular display unit.
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