The Approach To Optical System Designs For Aircraft Head Up Displays

C . H Vallance

doi:10.1117/12.935411

26 October 1983 The Approach To Optical System Designs For Aircraft Head Up Displays

C . H Vallance

Proceedings Volume 0399, Optical System Design, Analysis, and Production; (1983) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.935411
Event: 1983 International Technical Conference/Europe, 1983, Geneva, Switzerland

Abstract

Aircraft Head Up Display (HUD) systems provide the pilot with essential flight, navigation, and in the case of military aircraft, weapon aiming information. The information, which is generated on a crt display, is collimated by an optical system and projected such that it is superimposed on the pilot's view of the outside world. The pilot is thus able to fly the aircraft 'head up' thereby reducing workload and enhancing his weapon aiming capability. The influence of the HUD engineer, with his awareness of the HUD performance requirements and constraints imposed by the cockpit and cockpit-pilot relationship, on the optical designer in his choice of optical system design is discussed in this paper. Examples showing how optical systems may be folded, extended and shaped to suit a particular aircraft installation in order to improve field of view performance are considered.

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C . H Vallance "The Approach To Optical System Designs For Aircraft Head Up Displays", Proc. SPIE 0399, Optical System Design, Analysis, and Production, (26 October 1983); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.935411

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