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Helmet mounted display systems
Assignee: BAE Systems PLC
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Filing: 1995-03-24
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Granted: 1996-08-06
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Expires: 2015-03-24
Abstract
Abstract A helmet mounted display system comprising: a transparent visor; and an optical system which directs rays of light from a display produced by a display source onto a spherical region of the visor to provide by reflection at the visor, at a helmet wearer's eye position, a collimated virtual image of the display on a line of sight of a wearer of the helmet through the visor; the region of the visor being of a shape which is rotationally symmetric about a first axis and the optical system being mounted for rotation about the first axis, thereby to allow rotation of the eye position about the axis.
Inventors
- 👤 Jonathan P. Freeman
- 👤 Martyn Ingleton
- 👤 Christopher B. Staveley
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 23:50
CPC Classifications
G; G02; G02B; G02B27/00; G02B27/01; G02B27/017; G02B27/0172; A; A42; A42B; A42B3/00; A42B3/04; A42B3/0406; A42B3/042; G02B27/0176; G02B27/0101; G02B2027/0132; G02B27/0149; G02B2027/0154; G02B2027/0156; G02B2027/0159
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
126 words
A helmet mounted display system comprising: a transparent visor; and an optical system including a display source and an optical means for directing rays of light from a display produced by the display source toward a spherical region of the visor to provide by reflection at the visor, at a helmet wearer's eye position, a collimated virtual image of the display on a line of sight of a wearer of the helmet through the visor; said spherical region of the visor being of a shape which is rotationally symmetric about a first axis; and said display source and said optical means being mounted for rotation about said first axis of said rotationally symmetric visor, thereby to allow rotation of said eye position about said first axis.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
126 words
A helmet mounted display system comprising: a transparent visor; and an optical system including a display source and an optical means for directing rays of light from a display produced by the display source toward a spherical region of the visor to provide by reflection at the visor, at a helmet wearer's eye position, a collimated virtual image of the display on a line of sight of a wearer of the helmet through the visor; said spherical region of the visor being of a shape which is rotationally symmetric about a first axis; and said display source and said optical means being mounted for rotation about said first axis of said rotationally symmetric visor, thereby to allow rotation of said eye position about said first axis.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
A system according to claim 1 wherein said optical system has an optical axes which lies in a plane which contains said first axis.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
35 words
A display system according to claim 1 wherein said spherical region of the visor is rotationally symmetric about a second axis about which said visor is arranged to be rotatable between inoperative and operative positions.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
17 words
A display system according to claim 3 wherein said first axis and said second axis intersect orthogonally.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
61 words
A display system according to claim 1 wherein the optical system comprises a relay lens arrangement incorporating a fold mirror arranged to direct rays of light from the display source downwardly onto a forward facing mirror surface mounted above a face aperture of the helmet which serves to reflect rays from the relay lens arrangement forwardly and downwardly onto the visor.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
A binocular helmet mounted display system comprising two optical systems according to claim 1, one for each eye of the helmet wearer.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
41 words
A display system according to claim 6 wherein the two optical systems are mounted for rotation relatively about a common said first axis with a scissors action, thereby to vary the spacing between the eye positions of the two optical systems.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
60 words
A system according to claim 6 wherein each optical system comprises a relay lens arrangement incorporating a fold mirror arranged to direct rays of light from the display source downwardly onto a forward facing mirror surface mounted above a face aperture of the helmet which serves to reflect rays from the relay lens arrangement forwardly and downwardly onto the visor.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
22 words
A system according to claim 8 wherein a single said forward facing mirror surface common to both said optical systems is used.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
47 words
A display system according to claim 1 wherein the optical system and the visor are both mounted on a frame mounted on the helmet which frame serves to hold the optical system and visor in the required positions relative to one another against flexure of the helmet.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
28 words
A display system according to claim 10 wherein said frame is designed so as to compensate for thermal expansion of at least one component of the optical system.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
18 words
A display system according to claim 10 wherein said frame fits around a face aperture of the helmet.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
21 words
A display according to claim 12 wherein said frame is mounted on said helmet by means of a single spigot arrangement.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
33 words
A display system according to claim 12 wherein said frame is secured within a helmet casing member which is in turn attached to a helmet shell member on which said frame is mounted.
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