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Helmet-mounted parachutist navigation system

  • US 6,934,633 B1
  • Filed: 10/15/2004
  • Issued: 08/23/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/15/2004
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A parachutist navigation system, comprising:

  • a display adapted to be attached to a side vision area of a parachutist'"'"'s goggles wherein upward and downward fields of view through the goggles are unobstructed;

    a housing, adapted to be attached to a parachutist'"'"'s helmet, for supporting therein a plurality of components to includea Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver for receiving GPS signals;

    a processor coupled to said GPS receiver and to said display, said processor being programmed with mission data and using said mission data and said GPS signals to generate a plurality of display-formatted data sets to include a display-formatted data set of said mission data, a display-formatted data set of location data indicated by said GPS signals, and a display-formatted data set of computed data generated by said processor using said mission data and said location data; and

    means, coupled to said processor, for selecting at least one of said plurality of display-formatted data sets for output to said display; and

    means, located remotely with respect to said housing, for supplying said mission data to said processor.

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