Image compression and transmission for heads-up display (HUD) rehosting
AssigneeRockwell Collins, Inc.
InventorJoseph Bender
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A heads-up display (HUD) rehosting apparatus is disclosed. In embodiments, the HUD rehosting apparatus includes graphics processors for generating HUD display imagery and a primary display unit or display surface. The HUD rehosting apparatus includes an image capture module for grabbing the displayed HUD images and compressing the images into image data frames via run-length encoding. The compressed data frames are transmitted to secondary rehosting devices capable of decoding the image data and displaying the HUD imagery, e.g., projected onto additional surfaces or via wearable devices.
Claims12
A heads-up display (HUD) apparatus, comprising:
- one or more graphics processors configured to generate at least one display image;
- a main heads-up display (HUD) unit operatively coupled to the one or more graphics processors, the main HUD unit configured to display the at least one display image to at least one user;
- and
- at least one capture module in communication with the graphics processors, the capture module configured to:
- generate one or more data frames by compressing the generated display image according to at least one run length encoding (RLE) algorithm;
- and
- transmit the generated data frames to at least one rehosting device according to at least one network protocol.
A heads-up display (HUD) rehosting apparatus, comprising:
- a receiver module configured to:
- receive one or more data frames according to at least one network protocol;
- and
- generate at least one display image by decoding the one or more data frames according to at least one run-length encoding (RLE) algorithm;
- and
- a HUD display device in communication with the receiver module, the display device configured to present the at least one display image to at least one user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.