Thomson-csf

Sextant Avionique

Jean-pierre Gerbe

Jean-noel Perbet

Denis Plantier

Jean-Pierre Gerbe

Jean-Noel Perbet

Jean-Michel Francois

Patrick Lacroux

Jean-Pierre Cursolle

The invention relates to a pilot's helmet with a tinted visor that can be locked in raised position during nighttime use by a device using spring-loaded balls, and that can be lowered manually, or automatically when the pilot ejects thanks to a spring-loaded system tending to close the visor.

Helmet with night-vision device providing optimized safety and ergonomy

The device finds application, particularly, in the instrument panels of aircraft, where it comprises: three liquid crystal optical valves, controlled by three electrical signals respectively representing a red image, a green image and a blue image. Two holographic mirrors are utilized, as is a standard mirror and two dichroic strips to illuminate the three valves respectively by three beams, colored red, green and blue, from a single source of white light, while at the same time reducing the space occupied by the optical elements needed to guide the three beams to the minimum. A dichroic cube then superimposes the three beams coming respectively from the three valves and an optical system to form a trichromatic image on a diffusing screen. The optical system collimates the rays coming from the image formed on the diffusing screen to enable an observer to see an image collimated at long distance, with a wide field.

High definition color display device

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Bordeaux, France

Denis Plantier