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US 8,576,286 B1Granted
Display system
AssigneeGeneral Dynamics Armament and Technical Products, Inc.
InventorJohn Childs
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Abstract
A system and method for video navigation is disclosed. The system and method may include one or more video cameras configured to capture views external to the vehicle, a control mechanism for adjusting the sight-line of the one or more video cameras, and a display panel positioned within the vehicle for displaying the views captured within the sight-line of the one or more video cameras.
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A navigation system for a vehicle, comprising:
- one or more pairs of video cameras, each pair having a first camera with a first sight-line and a second camera with a second sight-line oriented at a variable angle relative to the first sight-line, the second camera being paced apart from the first camera by a selectively variable separation distance, and each pair being configured to capture a stereoscopic view external to the vehicle;
- a control mechanism for adjusting the first and second sight-lines of the one or more pairs of video cameras;
- and
- a display panel positioned within the vehicle for displaying the views captured by the one or more pairs of video cameras,
- wherein the control mechanism is configured to determine a desired convergence point and to adjust, for each pair of cameras, at least one of the set consisting of the first and second sight lines and the separation distance so that the first and second sight-lines intersect at the desired convergence point.
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A method for providing video navigation for a vehicle, comprising:
- receiving a user-input to articulate one or more pairs of video cameras, each pair having a first camera with a first sight-line and a second camera with a second sight-line oriented at a variable angle relative to the first sight-line, the second camera being spaced apart from the first camera by a selectively variable separation distance;
- determining a desired convergence point for each pair of the one or more pairs of video cameras;
- adjusting, for each pair of video cameras, at least one of the set consisting of the first and second sight lines and the separation distance so that the first and second sight-lines intersect at the desired convergence point;
- capturing stereoscopic video images from the one or more pairs of video cameras;
- and
- displaying the video images on a display panel internal to the vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.