Personal electronic target vision system, device and method
First Claim
1. A personal, electronic target vision system for displaying moving targets to one or more users relative to each user'"'"'s respective location, comprising:
- one or more personal electronic vision devices (PEVDs) each held or worn by a respective user; and
at least one remote computer connected to each said PEVD over a network;
each said PEVD being configured to periodically send respective user data over said network to said remote computer, said user data including location of the respective user and look direction or orientation of said PEVD, the look direction or orientation of said PEVD including at least a horizontal bearing angle, and said remote computer being configured to acquire, from a source remote to each said user and to send to each said PEVD, respective target data selected by said remote computer in response to said respective user data including the location of the respective user and the horizontal bearing angle of said PEVD, said respective target data pertaining at least in part to near-real-time locations of moving objects within a determinable distance of the respective user, each said PEVD being configured to display, on a user-centric display, targets taken from the respective selected target data and to render the displayed targets in a user-centric view at respective locations relative to the location of the respective user and the horizontal bearing angle of said PEVD.
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Abstract
A personal, electronic target vision system renders targets in the field of view of the user in real-time so that the user can visualize where the targets are relative to him, in an orientation analogous to unaided human vision. An electronic vision device exchanges target selection information with a target vision server which returns to the electronic vision device the corresponding selected target location information for rendering selected targets in accordance with the user'"'"'s changing viewpoint. The target vision server queries a target information server in order to access, filter and provide the real-time target location information required by the electronic vision device. A surveillance system of sensors and target tracking systems provides the target information server with target location information.
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1. A personal, electronic target vision system for displaying moving targets to one or more users relative to each user'"'"'s respective location, comprising:
- one or more personal electronic vision devices (PEVDs) each held or worn by a respective user; and
at least one remote computer connected to each said PEVD over a network;
each said PEVD being configured to periodically send respective user data over said network to said remote computer, said user data including location of the respective user and look direction or orientation of said PEVD, the look direction or orientation of said PEVD including at least a horizontal bearing angle, and said remote computer being configured to acquire, from a source remote to each said user and to send to each said PEVD, respective target data selected by said remote computer in response to said respective user data including the location of the respective user and the horizontal bearing angle of said PEVD, said respective target data pertaining at least in part to near-real-time locations of moving objects within a determinable distance of the respective user, each said PEVD being configured to display, on a user-centric display, targets taken from the respective selected target data and to render the displayed targets in a user-centric view at respective locations relative to the location of the respective user and the horizontal bearing angle of said PEVD. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
- one or more personal electronic vision devices (PEVDs) each held or worn by a respective user; and
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24. A method for facilitating visual tracking of objects by one or more users holding or wearing respective personal electronic target devices (PEVDs) each having a user display and each with means for rendering on said display targets relative to each user'"'"'s respective location, comprising:
- operating at least one remote computer to receive over a network from each said PEVD respective user data, said user data including location of the respective user and look direction or orientation of the respective PEVD, the look direction or orientation including at least a horizontal bearing angle of the respective PEVD, and further operating said remote computer to acquire, from a source remote to each said user and to send to each said PEVD, respective target data selected by said remote computer in response to said respective user data including the location of the respective user and the horizontal bearing angle of the respective PEVD, said respective target data pertaining at least in part to near-real-time locations of moving objects within a determinable distance of the respective user, each said PEVD being configured by said means for rendering to render, in a user-centric view on the respective user display, targets taken from the respective selected target data, the targets in said user-centric view being at respective locations relative to the location of the respective user and in respective fields of view determined in part by the horizontal bearing angles of the respective PEVDs.
- View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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49. A personal electronic target vision device holdable or wearable by a user for displaying representations of targets to the user relative to the user'"'"'s respective location, comprising:
- a user geometry module, a user vision processor, and a user display and graphical user interface, said user geometry module being configured to generate user data including user location data and device orientation or directional data for transmission by said device over a network to a remote computer, said device orientation or directional data including at least a horizontal bearing angle of the personal electronic target vision device, said user vision processor being configured to process incoming target data, acquired and selected by said remote computer in accordance with said user data, and to display renderings of one or more moving targets on said user display wherein the renderings are relative to the user in a user-centric view showing the one or more moving targets at respective locations relative to the location of the respective user and as determined in part by the horizontal bearing angle of the personal electronic target vision device.
- View Dependent Claims (50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65)
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66. A personal electronic target vision method comprising:
- operating a portable vision assistance device to automatically generate user data including user location data and orientation or directional data including at least a horizontal bearing angle;
transmitting said user data over a network to a remote computer;
receiving, from said remote computer, moving-target data, acquired and selected by said remote computer in accordance with said user data; and
displaying renderings of one or more moving targets on a user display of a portable vision assistance device wherein the renderings are relative to the user in a user-centric view showing the one or more moving targets at respective locations relative to the location of the respective user and as determined in part by the horizontal bearing angle of the personal electronic target vision device. - View Dependent Claims (67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77)
- operating a portable vision assistance device to automatically generate user data including user location data and orientation or directional data including at least a horizontal bearing angle;
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