US 11,910,864 B2
LED information cueing apparatus for spacesuit helmet
Christopher A. Keith, Wilsonville, OR (US)
Assigned to Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US)
Filed by Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US)
Filed on Apr. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/230,130.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/018,819, filed on May 1, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0337913 A1, Nov. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. A42B 3/30 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); B64G 6/00 (2006.01); A42B 3/04 (2006.01); A42B 3/20 (2006.01); A62B 18/08 (2006.01); A62B 18/04 (2006.01)
CPC A42B 3/30 (2013.01) [A42B 3/0453 (2013.01); A42B 3/20 (2013.01); B64G 6/00 (2013.01); G02B 27/0172 (2013.01); A62B 18/04 (2013.01); A62B 18/08 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0141 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A helmet assembly for a spacesuit, comprising:
an external face shield attachable to a first spacesuit, the external face shield providing at least one field of view (FOV) to a user of the first spacesuit;
one or more suit status displays mounted to the external face shield within the at least one FOV, each suit status display comprising:
a one-dimensional array of one or more light-emitting diode (LED) units;
and
an LED controller operatively coupled to the array of LED units and in communication with a suit controller and with at least one position sensor of the first spacesuit, the LED controller configured to:
receive at least one suit status from the suit controller, the at least one suit status including:
at least one of a first relative position, a first bearing, or
a first heading associated with a vehicle;
and
at least one of a second relative position, a second bearing, or a second heading associated with a second spacesuit;
and
display the received suit status to the user by illuminating one or more LED units of the array.