Accession Number:

ADA331330

Title:

Very-High-Resolution, Large Field-of-View, Wireless Color Helmet-Mounted Display

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. 22 Apr-22 Oct 96

Corporate Author:

OPTRON SYSTEMS INC BEDFORD MA

Personal Author(s):

Report Date:

1996-11-12

Pagination or Media Count:

17.0

Abstract:

The main goals of our program can be summarized as follows 1 To design and build a helmet mounted display with commercially available components in order to demonstrate the proposed dual insertion display concept which will provide a very large field of view FOV image. 2 To design and layout silicon on sapphire circuits which will be used in the Phase 2 work. 3 To examine the issues associated with the wireless communication of images. The goal of the Phase 2 program is to replace the commercially available low resolution displays of the Phase 1 HMD prototype with ultrathin silicon on sapphire based active matrix addressed liquid crystal displays AMLCDs. As explained in the following sections of the proposal, the use of ultrathin silicon on sapphire UTSOS technology provides some fundamental advantages which gives us the technological edge when competing with other display companies. The final HMD will receive image data via wireless transmission channels. Color will be generated using Textronix color shutters.

Descriptors:

• *LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY SYSTEMS
• *HELMET MOUNTED DISPLAYS
• *SILICON ON SAPPHIRE
• LINE OF SIGHT
• OFF THE SHELF EQUIPMENT
• OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS
• HIGH RESOLUTION
• HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
• COLOR DISPLAYS
• VISUAL PERCEPTION
• MAN COMPUTER INTERFACE
• SHUTTERS(OPTICS)
• PIXELS
• LOW RESOLUTION
• STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY SYSTEMS

Subject Categories:

• Optics
• Human Factors Engineering and Man Machine Systems

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE