Device for improving safety during aeronautical maneuvers

An eyewear device for use when skydiving, the eyewear device comprising:

• a lens positionable over a user's eyes, the lens defining a viewing axis passing through the lens and dividing the lens into a pair of lateral regions;
• a compass to detect a directional heading of the viewing axis of the lens and generate a first signal representative of the detected directional heading;
• a controller in communication with the compass to receive the first signal from the compass, and generate a light command signal based on a comparison of the detected directional heading with a preset directional heading range;
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• a pair of lights in operative communication with the controller and located in respective ones of the pair of lateral regions of the lens, the pair of lights capable of operating based on the light command signal to emit a visual alert to convey directional guidance to the user.

A wearable device for providing directional guidance to a skydiver, the device comprising:

• a frame wearable by the skydiver and defining a frame axis, the frame having a pair of lateral regions;
• a compass to detect a directional heading of the frame axis and generate a first signal representative of the detected directional heading;
• a controller in communication with the compass to receive the first signal from the compass, and generate a light command signal based on a comparison of the detected directional heading with a preset directional heading range;
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• a pair of lights in operative communication with the controller and located in respective ones of the pair of lateral regions of the frame, the pair of lights capable of operating based on the light command signal to emit a visual alert to convey directional guidance to the user.