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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2018
AT Systems, Llc, Carrollton, TX (US);
Andre Gilles Lavallee, Lewisville, TX (US);
Steven Tyson Phillips, Owasso, OK (US);
Evan Thomas Pratt, Broken Arrow, OK (US);
AT Systems, LLC, Carrollton, TX (US);
Abstract
A system and method for improving safety when operating an aircraft in reduced or modified visibility conditions is disclosed. A flight helmet having a visor with an electrically controlled optical state is configured to automatically move the visor up out of the pilot's line of sight on receipt of a signal from a safety sensor. This sensor-based automated moving of the visor helps alleviate danger in circumstances where the visor is improperly hindering the pilot. The helmet can be used, for example, in reduced-visibility training sessions and thereby improve the safety of such sessions. And the helmet can be used with enhanced or synthetic vision systems as a failsafe if the systems are hindering rather than helping the pilot.