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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2004
Dennis Gallagher, Southport, FL (US);
Kirk Vanzandt, Panama City, FL (US);
William W. Hughes Iii, Panama City, FL (US);
Charles Holmes, Southport, FL (US);
Dennis Gallagher, Southport, FL (US);
Kirk Vanzandt, Panama City, FL (US);
William W. Hughes III, Panama City, FL (US);
Charles Holmes, Southport, FL (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A parachutist navigation system includes a display attached to a side vision area of a parachutist's goggles, a navigation pod attached to the parachutist's helmet, and a remotely located controller. The navigation pod supports therein a GPS receiver and a processor provided with mission data supplied by the controller. The processor uses the mission data and GPS signals to generate a plurality of display-formatted data sets. Coupled to the processor is an user-controlled input device used to select at least one of the plurality of display-formatted data sets for output to the display.