US 12,456,265 B2
System and method for calculation and display of formation flight information on augmented reality display device
Mahdi Al-Husseini, Douglasville, GA (US)
Assigned to The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US)
Filed by U.S. Army DEVCOM, Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD (US)
Filed on Jan. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/102,117.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/303,993, filed on Jan. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0386673 A1, Nov. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. G06T 19/00 (2011.01); G01C 23/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06T 19/006 (2013.01) [G01C 23/005 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
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1. A system for calculating and displaying formation flight information through an augmented reality display device on a trailing aircraft in a flight formation, the system comprising:
a helmet wearable by a pilot of an aircraft including one or more outward-facing cameras collecting imagery from the vantage point of a pilot in the trailing aircraft;
one or more augmented reality displays;
a processor configured to estimate the distance, direction, and orientation of a leading aircraft based on the imagery of one or more outward-facing cameras; and
a virtual overlay program for displaying information relating to leading aircraft distance, direction, and orientation on the augmented reality display.