Elbit Systems Ltd.

Elbit Systems Ltd. C/o Elop Electrooptics Industries Ltd.

Yoav Ophir

Gil Benesh

Mark Gandelsman

Evgeni Gurovich

Ilan Efrat

Ayelet Mashiah

Guy Mencel

Yaron Kranz

Hanan Shamir

Ofer Livneh

Dan Hakim

Eugene Gurovich

Zvi Oron

Tamir Demri

Assaf David

Amir Sheffer

Uzi Eichler

Alon Izmirli

Joseph Yaeli

Itamar Nocham

Yosi Yaeli

Eli Rorberg

Yoav Prager

Lior Avitan

Asaf Bloch

Israel Unterman

Eyal Masad

Ofer Livne

A method and a system for landing and terrain flight assistance are provided herein. The method may include the following steps: obtaining, by at least one imaging sensor disposed on an aerial platform, at least two images of at least a portion of a specified region of a terrain; determining, based on the at least two images, a 3D model of at least a portion of the specified region; receiving a predetermined model of at least a portion of the specified region; determining a real-world geographic location of the aerial platform based on the 3D model and the predetermined model; and determining flight instructions based on the 3D model and the determined geographic location of the aerial platform.

Systems and methods for landing and terrain flight assistance

Systems and methods for determining a relative motion between two or more objects are disclosed. The system may include an excitation unit adapted to be disposed on a first object and configured to excite and to induce at least one change in at least a portion of a second object. The system may include a sensing unit adapted to be disposed on the first object, the sensing unit may include at least one sensor configured to detect the at least one change in the second object at two or more different time instances and to generate corresponding two or more sensor output datasets. The system may include a processing unit configured to determine a relative motion between the first object and the second object based on the two or more sensor output datasets thereof.

System and method for determining a relative motion between two or more objects

A system and method for generating a focused three-dimensional (3D) point cloud is disclosed. A respective 3D point cloud is generated based on returns of a respective sequence of energy pulses that is emitted towards one or more regions-of-interest (ROIs) within a field-of-view (FOV) during a respective scan of the FOV, the returns including one or more secondary returns from one or more points within the FOV. During an additional scan of the FOV, subsequent to the respective scan, an additional sequence of energy pulses is emitted to generate a focused 3D point cloud that includes additional information regarding one or more selected points of the points associated with the secondary returns relative to the respective 3D point cloud.

Systems and methods for generating focused threedimensional (3D) point clouds

A method of determining a configuration of a measurement volume, the method may include: generating, by at least one transmitter, a transmitted magnetic field within the measurement volume; measuring, by at least one receiver positioned, a total magnetic field in the measurement volume at at least one receiver position and generating at least one receiver output signal; generating, by a processing unit, a measured dataset; comparing, by the processing unit, the measured dataset with at least one of at least two reference configuration datasets each for determined for one of at least two different configurations of the measurement volume; and identifying, by the processing unit, a reference configuration dataset of the at least two reference configuration datasets that corresponds to the measured dataset.

System and method for determining a configuration of a measurement volume

A head wearable device (HWD) suitable to be worn by a user, the HWD may include: a head tracker configured to track a line of sight (LOS) of the user; a near eye display (NED) comprising: a plurality of transistors groups forming a pixel array of said display, a plurality of backlight units, forming a backlight surface of said display; a backlight control module configured to dim the backlight units that spatially overlap one or more of the transistor groups whenever the data at said transistor groups is being refreshed and further configured to change at least one of: a frequency and a location of the dimmed backlight units; and a computer processor coupled to the tracker and the NED and configured to instruct the backlight control module to change at least one of: the frequency and the location of the dimmed backlight units, based on the user LOS.

Liquid crystal display having a rolling backlight

A mixed A mixed reality system, comprising: a sensor configured to acquire readings of real-world data, and display, on an output device, a real-world visualization of the real-world data based on the readings to a user, wherein the sensor has one or more parameters affecting the real-world visualization; and a processing circuitry configured to: obtain (a) information of one or more virtual entities located within an area from which the readings are acquired, the information defining, for each of the virtual entities, one or more simulated physical properties, and (b) values of one or more situational parameters indicative of a state of the sensor during acquisition of the readings, wherein the values of the one or more situational parameters are readings of one or more situational sensors, sensing the state of the sensor and its surroundings during acquisition of the readings; determine, for at least one given virtual entity of the virtual entities, a virtual entity visualization of the given virtual entity, the virtual entity visualization determined by manipulating a simulated reading of the simulated physical properties based on (a) the parameters affecting the real-world visualization, and (b) the values of the situational parameters; and display the virtual entity visualizations in combination with the real-world visualization, thereby enabling a user viewing the output device to view the virtual entity visualizations and the real-world visualization.

System and method for mixed reality

A mixed reality system, comprising: a data acquisition device configured to acquire real-world data; an output device for providing the real-world data to a user; and a processing circuitry configured to: obtain (a) data acquired by the data acquisition device, and (b) information of one or more virtual entities having properties enabling determination of simulated effects of the virtual entities on the data; determine the simulated effects of the virtual entities on the data utilizing the properties; and provide the user with output on the output device being a manipulation of the data reflecting the simulated effects.

A system for generating a three-dimensional (3D) map of part of a field-of-view (FOV) of at least one detector of an active 3D scanner, comprising: the active 3D scanner, comprising: a mechanism configured to scan the FOV; at least one energy emitting source configured to emit energy pulses; and the at least one detector; and processing circuitry configured to: obtain information, wherein at least some of designation information is tracker-based designation information that is designated by a user of the system via a tracker that tracks a line-of-sight between the user and the FOV; selectively activate the energy emitting source to emit a subset of the energy pulses, in accordance with the information, including the tracker-based designation information, and in synchronization with the mechanism, to cover the part of the FOV; obtain current readings, from the detector, based on reflections of the subset of the energy pulses; and generate the 3D map based on the current readings.

System and method for generating a three-dimensional (3D) map based on mapping designation information

System and method for enhancing situational awareness. A moveable see-through display viewable by a user displays an augmented reality 2D image of an external scene based on received 2D image data, in accordance with updated position and orientation of display. The see-through display further displays an augmented reality 3D image of the external scene based on received 3D image data, the 3D image overlaid conformally onto view of external scene, in accordance with updated position and orientation of display. The see-through display further selectively displays: a gradual transition of the 2D image into the 3D image, or a gradual transition of the 3D image into the 2D image. At least one image feature may gradually appear or gradually disappear during the gradual transition. The 2D or 3D image may include a region of interest based on updated position and orientation of display or selected by user.

Gradual transitioning between two-dimensional and three-dimensional augmented reality images

A system determines a dynamic collision awareness envelope for a vehicle. The system includes at least one vehicle motion sensor, an operator Line-Of-Sight detector and a processor. The vehicle motion sensor periodically provides measurements relating to the motion of the vehicle in a reference coordinate system. The operator Line-Of-Sight detector periodically provides information relating to the direction of the Line-Of-Sight of an operator of the vehicle, in a vehicle coordinate system. The processor is coupled with the at least one vehicle motion sensor, and with the operator Line-Of-Sight detector. The processor determines an operator vector from the direction of the Line-Of-Sight of the operator. The processor further determines an operational vector at least from the motion of the vehicle. The processor periodically determines a collision awareness envelope respective of each of the operational vectors, from the operator vector and the respective operational vector.

Method and system for a dynamic collision awareness envelope for a vehicle

A system comprising a processing resource configured to: obtain a first indication of a confirmation, by an operator of a platform, of an alignment of one symbol of a first plurality of symbols with a second symbol as viewed in a head-mounted display of a head-mounting worn by the operator, the first plurality of symbols being projected by at least one optical apparatus disposed on the platform to a plurality of different viewing angles, the second symbol being projected onto the head-mounted display by a projection unit of the head-mounted display; determine which given symbol of the first plurality of symbols was aligned with the second, the given symbol having first orientation data, the second symbol having second orientation data; and perform an alignment of the head-mounting and the head-mounted display at least based on the first orientation data and the second orientation data.

Smart head-mounted display alignment system and method

A liquid crystal display (LCD) that may include: a plurality of transistors groups forming a pixel array of said LCD, wherein the transistors groups are independently controllable; a plurality of backlight units, forming a backlight surface of said LCD, wherein the backlight units are independently controllable; a data refresh module configured to periodically refresh data at said groups of transistors, at a specified order, over a refresh cycle time; and a backlight control module configured to periodically dim the backlight units at said specified order over a backlight cycle time which is substantially shorter than the refresh cycle time.

A method for initiating a gesture-based mutual interaction scheme between a first and second mobile device, comprising: associating a gesture-based mutual interaction scheme between the first and second mobile device that associates a position scheme with a respective action, where the position scheme relates to any of: an absolute or relative orientation, and an absolute or relative trajectory; acquiring a first position property of the first mobile device and a second position property of the second mobile device; determining that each of the first and second position properties comply with the position scheme; triggering an execution of an action on the second mobile device, where the action is associated with the position scheme that the first position property complies with; where the second mobile device conditions the execution of the action triggered by the first mobile device on the compliance of the second position property with the position scheme.

Mutual interactivity between mobile devices based on position and orientation

A system for monitoring a pilot's health is provided herein. The system may include: a head mounted device mountable to a head of a pilot; at least one vital signs sensor couplable to a body portion of said pilot and configured to obtain vital signs data associated with said pilot; at least one head sensor configured to obtain head-related data associated with the head of said pilot; and a computer processor configured to receive the vital signs data and the head-related data as an input and generate as an output, an indication of pilot incompetence, based on predefined criteria.

Method and system for detecting pilot incompetence based on vital signs and head mounted sensors

Method and system for enhancing visual perception of augmented reality presentation. Location and line-of-sight (LOS) of user wearing see-through head-mounted display (HMD) is detected. A background environment viewed through HMD is determined based on detected location and LOS. Color-attribute(s) of background environment at background location corresponding to user LOS is determined and compared with color-attribute(s) of foreground supplementary image to be displayed on HMD overlaid onto background environment at background location. When an incompatibility condition is detected, visual parameter(s) of supplementary image is adjusted to minimize incompatibility. Color-attribute determination may use information obtained from users previously at background environment, and may be based on user perception resulting from interactions of: geographic location, time when background environment viewed, and user LOS. Supplementary image may be displayed at alternate background location determined according to non-color characteristic of supplementary image. Supplementary image may be displayed according to physical characteristics of HMD display screen.

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Haifa, Israel

Yoav Ophir