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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2009
Jaclyn A. Hoke, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
David W. Jensen, Marion, IA (US);
Jaclyn A. Hoke, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
David W. Jensen, Marion, IA (US);
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Abstract
The present invention includes a distributed, parallel processing optical helmet tracking system. The system includes at least one imaging sensor mounted to a helmet that outputs image data at a first helmet orientation and at a second helmet orientation. The system uses a plurality of processors, each of which receives from the imaging sensor, data representative of an independently viewable, complete and separate image subsection. A designated processor receives output data from each of the plurality of processors, and processes such output data to generate a signal which is representative of differences between the first helmet orientation and the second helmet orientation. The invention also includes methods for determining movement of a sensor.