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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2004
Filed:
May. 13, 2002
Laurent Bignolles, Bordeaux, FR;
Joel Baudou, St Medard en Jalles, FR;
Thales, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A compact optical architecture for a wide-field helmet-mounted display includes a one-piece visor and optical relay to convey said the image between an image source and the visor. The visor is formed by a surface generated by revolution having an axis of revolution (&Dgr;) parallel to the ocular axis (&Dgr; ) and substantially contained in the sagittal plane of the pilot, at the level of the forehead. The optical relay includes a forehead-mounted mirror that is not planar, having an axis of revolution (&Dgr;) that is the same as the axis of revolution (&Dgr;) of the visor, its geometrical parameters being computed in such a way that the envelope of the useful beams propagated between the forehead-mounted mirror and the first beam-formation device of the optical relay upstream from the forehead-mounted mirror are substantially contained in a cylinder with a section substantially equal to the useful surface of the mirror. Such a device may find particular use with wide-field helmet-mounted display for aircraft or helicopter pilots.