Helmet-mounted parachutist navigation system
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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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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.
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1. A parachutist navigation system, comprising:
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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 include a 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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A parachutist navigation system, comprising:
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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 streamlined housing, adapted to be attached to a back portion of a parachutist'"'"'s helmet, for supporting therein a plurality of components to include a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver for receiving GPS signals; a wireless transceiver for receiving mission data to include a landing zone, wind speed as a function of altitude and a preferred altitude at said landing zone; a processor coupled to said GPS receiver and to said display, said processor 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 wirelessly transmitting said mission data to said wireless transceiver. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A parachutist navigation system, comprising:
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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 streamlined housing, adapted to be attached to a back portion of a parachutist'"'"'s helmet, for supporting therein a plurality of components to include a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver for receiving GPS signals; a wireless transceiver for receiving mission data to include a landing zone, wind speed as a function of altitude and a preferred altitude at said landing zone; a processor coupled to said GPS receiver and to said display, said processor 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 at least one parachutist-operated control coupled to said processor for selecting at least one of said plurality of display-formatted data sets for output to said display; and a portable computer, located remotely with respect to said housing, for wirelessly transmitting said mission data to said wireless transceiver. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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