Honeywell International Inc.

Honeywell G.m.b.h.

Sperry Corporation

Sperry Rand Corporation

William Ray Hancock

Robert J Quirk

Ken Leiphon

Michael J Johnson

Harry R Miller

James C Fye

Parm L Narveson

Joseph P Hsu

Karen E Jachimowicz

Larry James Miller

Kiran Gopala Krishna

Satyanarayan Kar

Ronald S Gold

Jerry D Ball

Paul J Short

Susan L McCullough

Paul A Fisher

Thomas A Weingartner

Xiaohong Linda Li

Scott Richard Maass

Shashidhara Ganganna

Bincicil Mathew

Brent H Larson

Carl H Brown

David J Benson

Jonathan P Struebel

Wayne King

Panagiotis Papadatos

Nathan J Meehan

Neal P Countryman

Ronald Kilmer

Vamsi Agasthyaraju

Michael R Wittman

Dan Lopez

Louis W Silverstein

Jerry Ball

Scott R Maass

A software development system for generating a software application is provided. The software development system comprises a configuration file generator tool configured to: read a design model comprising a plurality of individual blocks with a specified data flow between the blocks, wherein each block has a defined behavioral expectation, wherein the design model is configured to cause a desired behavior for the software application when given a set of inputs. The configuration file generator tool is further configured to generate a configuration file, based on the design model, that identifies a plurality of preexisting, verified, and compiled/linked software code segments configured to perform mathematical and/or logical actions to cause the desired behavior for the software application. The configuration file configures an execution engine to execute the portion of the software application represented by the model by invoking execution of the plurality of preexisting, verified, and compiled/linked software code segments specified in the configuration file.

Systems and methods for generating a software application

A panoramic image system with parallax mitigation includes image sensors, a head tracker, a display, and a processor. Each image sensor is fixedly mounted a predetermined linear distance from a first reference axis and is disposed adjacent to at least one other image sensor and to point in a direction that is offset from its adjacent image sensor by a predetermined angle. The head tracker is configured to sense at least the angular position and movement direction of a viewer's head about a second reference axis and to supply an azimuth position signal representative thereof. The display is configured to selectively display images sensed by each of the image sensors. The processor is in operable communication with the image sensors, head tracker, and display. The processor is configured, based at least on the azimuth position signal, to command the display to display images sensed by only one image sensor.

Panoramic vision system with parallax mitigation

A method for displaying images on a head-mounted display (HMD) device that compensates for a user's vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) response. The displayed HMD image is compensated for predicted eye position such that the displayed image stays centered on the fovea of the eye, during transient eye movement caused by head motion, resulting in better display readability, discernment and cognitive processing.

Methods of vestibulo-ocular reflex correction in display systems

An augmented reality system is provided and a method for controlling an augmented reality system are provided. The augmented reality system, for example, may include, but is not limited to a display, a memory, and at least one processor communicatively coupled to the display and memory, the at least one processor configured to generate image data having a first resolution at a first rate, store the generated image data in the memory, and transfer a portion of the generated image data having a second resolution to the display from the memory at a second rate, wherein the second rate is faster than the first rate and the second resolution is smaller than the first resolution. This dual rate system then enables a head-tracked augmented reality system to be updated at the high rate, reducing latency based artifacts.

Low latency augmented reality display

Methods and apparatus are provided for intermixing graphics layers and graphics applications using a display intermix server. A method is provided for intermixing a first graphics application having a first graphics layer and a second graphics application having a second graphics layer. The method comprises streaming a first graphics command from the first graphics application to a first memory location, where the first graphics command corresponds to the first graphics layer. The method also comprises streaming a second graphics command from the second graphics application to a second memory location, where the second graphics command corresponds to the second graphics layer. The method further comprises ordering the first graphics command and the second graphics command based on a priority scheme for the first graphics layer and the second graphics layer. The method further comprises providing ordered graphics commands to a rendering interface.

Method for intermixing graphics applications using display intermix server for cockpit displays

A method and a computer readable medium containing instructions for devices marking pixel data as being critical symbology pixel data for verification prior to being displayed a pixel on a display device is presented. The method comprises determining by a computing device whether the pixel data is critical symbology pixel data and assigning an intensity threshold level to the pixel data. The threshold is based at least in part on the status of the pixel data as being critical symbology pixel data. Further, the method includes determining whether an intensity of the pixel data is less than or equal to the assigned intensity threshold level and then marking the pixel data as critical symbology pixel data when the intensity of the pixel data is greater than the intensity threshold.

Methods and systems for marking pixels for image monitoring

Dual processor accelerated graphics rendering is a method which allows for optimizing graphics performance using two processors and 3D hardware accelerators. This method allows for real time embedded systems to have multiple partitions to render to multiple windows with non-blocking graphics calls. One processor queues up graphics calls within a discrete time because they do not interface with the graphics accelerator hardware. The second processor supports the hardware accelerator with drivers operating in a single partition. This design abstracts the graphics calls from the native interface of the graphics hardware accelerator.

Dual processor accelerated graphics rendering

In one embodiment of the present invention, a system for displaying images in at least one display window on a display unit includes a display processor configured to generate graphics commands from a received input. A graphics processing unit is coupled to the display processor and includes rendering engine configured to generate graphic data from the graphics commands, an internal memory coupled to the rendering engine, and a general purpose I/O coupled to the rendering engine and configured to transmit messages from the graphics processing unit. A graphics logic device is coupled to the graphics processing unit. The graphics logic device is configured to initiate a transfer of graphic data for an update of a display window from the internal memory to the display unit upon receipt of a message indicative of an available update to the display window. An external memory is coupled to the graphics logic device and the external memory is configured to supply graphic data to the display window when the update of the display unit is not available and to store the update of the display window when the display window receives the update from the internal memory.

Method and system for an external front buffer for a graphical system

A system for verifying the generation of a critical symbology includes a display processor configured to generate graphic commands from one or more system inputs. The display processor is further configured to determine the critical symbology. A graphics processing unit is coupled to the display processor. The graphics processing unit is configured to generate a plurality of pixels forming an image and is further configured to mark at least a portion of the plurality of pixels to produce marked pixels of the critical symbology. A graphics logic device is coupled to the graphics processing unit and includes an integrity monitoring function and a memory coupled to the integrity monitoring function. The integrity monitoring function is configured to detect the marked pixels and generate data regarding the critical symbology. The memory is configured to store the data regarding the critical symbology. A monitor warning function device is coupled to the graphics logic device and is configured to receive the data regarding the critical symbology and verify the generation of the critical symbology.

Method and system for image monitoring

A multi-tiered lookup table is used to progressively map a virtual address to a specific control word that facilitates resolution of the virtual address for a translation lookaside buffer (TLB) miss. In one embodiment, the control word has a compressed and efficiently encoded image of the TLB hardware register data. The control word is accessed with or without a level of indirection in various embodiments. In some embodiments, the control word provides all information needed to decode the majority of memory blocks, or points to a third level for special blocks.

Virtual memory translator for real-time operating systems

High fidelity arcs are produced using a set of interconnected trapezoids, which are transmitted in a highly efficient triangle mesh to a graphics rendering device. Perspective correction capabilities of a graphics engine are used to map a small rectangular texture patch onto the trapezoids, such that the circle appears completely smooth. Anti-aliasing line profiles are applied such that super-sampling is only required in a single dimension.

Texture based circular arc generation

An apparatus and method for providing color dot signals of an image for an active matrix display. The apparatus includes a graphic generator that provides an image input to a graphical processing unit. The graphic generator also control the graphical processing unit to form a plurality of sub-images of the image, where the sub-images represent different color dots of a plurality of pixels of the display. A composite image processor includes a color mask that filters the sub-images based on a predetermined color dot topology of the pixels and interleaves the filtered sub-images to form the color dot signals in appropriate positions in a row of pixels based on the topology. The apparatus provides enhanced resolution as well as permits the use of off shelf components for the graphical processing unit.

Method and apparatus for spatial compensation for pixel pattern on LCD displays

An apparatus includes a rendering engine to render a foreground of an image. The apparatus also includes a logic, separate from the rendering engine, to merge at least one background color with the foreground of the image.

Background rendering of images

A method for generating anti-aliased lines and characters is disclosed. The method comprises generating a texture map based on a distribution and applying the texture map to a polygonal region. In one aspect of this embodiment, the step of generating a texture map based on a distribution further comprises generating a texture map comprising a series of concentric half circles. In the texture map, the concentric half circles represent a decreasing intensity as the radius of the concentric half circle increases. Additionally, in one embodiment, the texture map is generated using a Gaussian distribution. In another aspect of this embodiment, for each texel in a texture map defining a character, the smallest distance between a texel and each line segment that forms a character is calculated. The smallest distance is used to determine an intensity value using the distribution. Then, the texel is associated with the intensity value to form a texture map for the character. Optionally, a halo value for each texel value can be determined by using the smallest distance found in conjunction with a second distribution to determine a halo value for each texel. This method can be repeated for each character to be displayed.

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Phoenix, AZ, United States of America

William Ray Hancock