Heads-up display system with image adjustment
AssigneeGarmin International, Inc.
InventorJoseph E. Gepner
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Abstract
A heads-up display (HUD) system includes an overhead unit and a HUD computer. The overhead unit may include a combiner, a projector, and a camera operable to generate an environment image external to the aircraft containing the HUD system. The HUD computer is coupled with the overhead unit and comprises a processing system. The processing system is operable to acquire the external environment image from the camera, identify a runway characteristic in the environment image, utilize the runway characteristic to determine a placement location for a HUD image, and cause the projector to display the HUD image at the determined placement location.
Claims19
A heads-up display (HUD) system configured for use in an aircraft, the HUD system comprising:
- an overhead unit configured for mounting to the aircraft, the overhead unit including:
- a combiner;
- a projector;
- and
- a camera operable to generate an environment image external to the aircraft;
- and
- a HUD computer coupled with the overhead unit, the HUD computer comprising a
- processing system operable to:
- acquire the external environment image from the camera;
- identify a runway characteristic in the environment image;
- utilize the runway characteristic to determine a placement location for a HUD image;
- and
- cause the projector to project the HUD image at the determined placement location relative to the external environment,
- wherein the projector projects the HUD image onto the combiner, and the combiner presents the HUD image overlaid on a real-world view of the external environment;
- and
- wherein the combiner is selectively positionable into a forward field of view.
A heads-up display (HUD) system configured for use in an aircraft, the HUD system comprising:
- an overhead unit configured for mounting to the aircraft, the overhead unit including:
- a combiner;
- a projector;
- and
- a camera operable to generate a forward-looking environment image external to the aircraft;
- and
- a HUD computer coupled with the overhead unit, the HUD computer comprising a
- processing system operable to:
- acquire the external environment image from the camera;
- identify a runway characteristic in the environment image, the identified runway characteristic including an edge detection of a runway found depicted in the external environment image;
- utilize the detected edge of the depicted runway to determine a placement location for a runway pictogram in a HUD image;
- and
- cause the projector to project the HUD image including the runway pictogram at the determined placement location relative to the external environment,
- wherein the projector projects the HUD image onto the combiner, and the combiner presents the HUD image overlaid on a real-world view of the external environment;
- and
- wherein the combiner is selectively positionable into a forward field of view.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.