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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 1984
Filed:
Dec. 14, 1981
Denis R Breglia, Altamonte Springs, FL (US);
Frank J Oharek, Maitland, FL (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A head position and orientation sensor system utilizes a head mounted protor of known scan pattern which presents a visual display to the observer. In order to maintain proper display orientation, the head position and orientation are measured by intercepting the projected light scan pattern at a retroreflective screen upon which the visual display is focused. A photodetector array mounted in said screen intercepts the visual display regardless of head orientation and position. A computational unit having knowledge of the scan pattern parameters correlates the photodetector array output to a unique head position and orientation.