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18 November 2013 Review and analysis of avionic helmet-mounted displays
Hua Li, Xin Zhang, Guangwei Shi, Hemeng Qu, Yanxiong Wu, Jianping Zhang
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Optical Engineering, Vol. 52, Issue 11, 110901 (November 2013). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.52.11.110901
Abstract
With the development of new concepts and principles over the past century, helmet-mounted displays (HMDs) have been widely applied. This paper presents a review of avionic HMDs and shows some areas of active and intensive research. This review is focused on the optical design aspects and is divided into three sections to explore new optical design methods, which include an off-axis design, design with freeform optical surface, and design with holographic optical waveguide technology. Building on the fundamentals of optical design and engineering, the principles section primarily expounds on the five optical system parameters, which include weight, field of view, modulation transfer function, exit pupil size, and eye relief. We summarized the previous design works using new components to achieve compact and lightweight HMDs. Moreover, the paper presents a partial summary of the more notable experimental, prototype, fielded, and future HMD fixed-wing and rotary-wing programs.
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Hua Li, Xin Zhang, Guangwei Shi, Hemeng Qu, Yanxiong Wu, and Jianping Zhang "Review and analysis of avionic helmet-mounted displays," Optical Engineering 52(11), 110901 (18 November 2013). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.52.11.110901
Published: 18 November 2013
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Head-mounted displays
Optical design
Eye
Holography
Waveguides
Modulation transfer functions
Optical components
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