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US 8,301,319 B2Granted
Personal navigation system
AssigneeLumus Ltd.
InventorsZvi Lapidot, Abraham Aharoni
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Abstract
There is provided a personal navigation system, including a head-mounted orientation sensor, a coordinate position sensor, a head-mounted display, and a processor receiving an input from the head-mounted orientation sensor and an input from the coordinate position sensor and providing a visually sensible output for displaying on the head-mounted display.
Claims23
A personal navigation system comprising:
- a) a unit directly detachable to a navigator's head, the unit including:
- (i) a head orientation sensor, and
- (ii) a display having a light-transmitting substrate, optical means for coupling light into the substrate by total internal reflection, and at least one partially reflecting surface located in the substrate;
- said display firmly connected with the sensor so as to be oriented in front of at least one eye of the navigator when wearing the unit,
- b) a coordinate position sensor, and
- c) a processor receiving input from the head orientation sensor and the coordinate position sensor, and providing a visually sensible output for displaying on the display,
- wherein the display is a see-through combiner and wherein the navigator can see the external scene through the display.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.