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Wide FOV simulator heads-up display with selective holographic reflector combined

US5907416A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 27, 1997
Grant dateMay 25, 1999
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Expiry dateJan 27, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03H2001/043
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A wide field-of-view simulator heads-up display provides images to a user along an optical axis. A HUD CRT provides images of a predetermined design wavelength, while rear projection screen CRTs provide out-of-window scenery that does not contain the predetermined design wavelength. A curved holographic combiner is mounted on the optical axis with a reflective hologram on a concave surface covered with a urethane overcoat. The convex surface has an antireflective coating. A tilted beamsplitter cooperates with a folding mirror in a relay optical system for providing a virtual image of the HUD CRT for reflection from the holographic combiner.

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