AIRCRAFT LANDING ASSISTANCE
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Abstract
Enhanced vision system for assisting aircraft piloting, the system including a line-of-sight detector for determining the line-of-sight of the pilot of the aircraft, a head mounted display (HMD) worn by the pilot, and a processor which receives the determined line-of-sight from the line-of-sight detector, receives a spatial image of the external scene to the aircraft, generates symbolic information respective of the aircraft piloting, and superimposes the symbolic information onto the spatial image to produce a combined spatial and symbolic image, the HMD displaying the combined spatial and symbolic image to the pilot in real-time, in alignment with the determined line-of-sight. The spatial image may be an image combined from a sensor image and a synthetic image. A communication interface may be coupled to the HMD allowing the pilot to receive and confirm flight instructions.
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73 Claims
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1-43. -43. (canceled)
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44. An enhanced vision system for confirming flight instructions sent to a pilot of an aircraft by an aircraft control operator operating in an aircraft control station, the system comprising:
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a line-of-sight detector, for determining the line-of-sight of the pilot of said aircraft; a head mounted display (HMD) worn by said pilot, for displaying images and information to said pilot; a processor, coupled with said HMD; and a communication interface, coupled with said processor, for allowing said pilot to communicate from said aircraft, wherein said aircraft control station is operative for said aircraft control operator to send flight instructions associated with an object of interest to said pilot via said communication interface, said processor is operative to generate a visual representation of said flight instructions with said object of interest marked, respective of a combined spatial and symbolic image viewed by said pilot on said HMD, and said aircraft control station is operative for said aircraft control operator to receive from said pilot confirmation of said flight instructions by designating said marked object of interest on said combined spatial and symbolic image, wherein said designating is performed in conjunction with said determined line-of-sight of said pilot. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64)
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65. A method for confirming flight instructions sent to a pilot of an aircraft by an aircraft control operator operating in an aircraft control station, the method comprising the procedures of:
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sending flight instructions associated with an object of interest, from said aircraft control operator to said pilot; generating a visual representation of said flight instructions with said object of interest marked, respective of a combined spatial and symbolic image viewed by said pilot on an HMD; and providing confirmation of said flight instructions to said aircraft control operator by said pilot designating said marked object of interest on said combined spatial and symbolic image, wherein said designating is performed in conjunction with the line-of-sight of said pilot. - View Dependent Claims (66, 67, 68)
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69. An enhanced vision system for assisting aircraft piloting, the system comprising:
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a line-of-sight detector, for determining the line-of-sight of the pilot of said aircraft; a head mounted display (HMD) worn by said pilot, for displaying a combined spatial and symbolic image to said pilot; a communication interface, for allowing said pilot to communicate from said aircraft; and a processor, coupled with said line-of-sight detector, with said HMD, and with said communication interface, said processor being operative to receive said determined line-of-sight from said line-of-sight detector, receive a spatial image of the external scene to said aircraft, generate symbolic information respective of said aircraft piloting, and superimpose said symbolic information onto said spatial image, to produce a combined spatial and symbolic image displayed to said pilot by said HMD in real-time in alignment with said determined line-of-sight, wherein said pilot transmits flight-related data associated with an object of interest via said communication interface, said object of interest marked respective of said combined spatial and symbolic image viewed by said pilot on said HMD, wherein a person receiving said flight-related data views said marked object of interest on said combined spatial and symbolic image on another HMD, in alignment with said determined line-of-sight. - View Dependent Claims (70, 71, 72)
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73. A method for assisting aircraft piloting, the method comprising the procedures of:
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acquiring a spatial image of the external scene to said aircraft; generating symbolic information respective of said aircraft piloting; determining the line-of-sight of the pilot of said aircraft; superimposing said symbolic information onto said spatial image, to produce a combined spatial and symbolic image; and displaying said combined spatial and symbolic image in real-time onto an HMD worn by said pilot, in alignment with said determined line-of-sight; and transmitting flight-related data associated with an object of interest via a communication interface, said object of interest marked respective of said combined spatial and symbolic image viewed by said pilot on said HMD, wherein a person receiving said flight-related data views said marked object of interest on said combined spatial and symbolic image on another HMD, in alignment with said determined line-of-sight.
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