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Optical design of a wide field of view pupil forming HUD

US9507151B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

The Boeing Company · US

Inventors

Randall L. Kovaluk · Lake Saint Louis, US
Carl J. Vorst · Overland, US
Eric Ford · Richardson, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 10, 2014
Grant date	Nov 29, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 5, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B2027/013
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A head up display or HUD system, including methods and apparatus, suitable for use in a flight simulator. According to the present teachings, a flight simulator HUD may be configured to produce a HUD image that appears superimposed on a simulated cockpit field of view image, and which has substantially the same relatively short focal distance from the user as the simulated image. A simulator HUD according to the present teachings does not require any holographic optical elements or an unrealistic cockpit volume, and provides an accurate simulation of conditions in a real aircraft cockpit.

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