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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5764202 | Suppressing image breakup in helmut mounted displays which use temporally separated bit planes to achieve grey scale For displaying moving images on a head mounted, temporal modulation display device from a video source, without image break-up appearing in the observed image, an image shift device is provided for shifting each temporally separated component image within... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5714938 | Temperature protection device for air cooled electronics housing A temperature protection device and method for an air-cooled housing containing electronic equipment is disclosed. A fan forces air to circulate through the housing with air being expelled from the housing at a normal operating temperature inside the hous... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5684498 | Field sequential color head mounted display with suppressed color break-up For displaying moving images on a field sequential color display device from a simultaneous color image source, without color break-up appearing in the observed image, an image shift device is provided for shifting each color component image within each c... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5098616 | Method for forming a curved projection screen A sheet of material for forming the screen is mounted on a cylindrical forming drum and is blow formed, by hot air under pressure, to provide a projection screen. The resulting screen is curved along the width thereof and curved along the length thereof, ... | 03/24/1992 |
| 4947697 | System for measuring force versus position of a flight controller in an aircraft or flight simulator A six-axis force transducer is mounted on the flight controller and provides three independent orthogonal linear force components of the applied force and three independent orthogonal torque components of the applied force. Change in position is measured ... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4649504 | Optical position and orientation measurement techniques A non-contact sensing system for monitoring the position and orientation of a rigid body in space having at least three distinct point light sources mounted on the rigid body. At least two position sensor heads are fixedly mounted within detection range o... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4634083 | Helicopter seat isolation system A system for counteracting the effect of helicopter vibrations on a seat in the helicopter which seat includes a plurality of controllable air cells includes a means for varying the pressure of the cells and transducer means for sensing cell pressure and ... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4576577 | Blended mode concept for control of flight simulator motion systems The invention relates to a motion simulator system, for example, a flight simulator system. In accordance with the invention, the system is driven by command signals representing both position and acceleration, and a circuit is provided to process and com... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4555960 | Six degree of freedom hand controller The invention relates to a 6 degree of freedom hand controller. The hand controller includes a handgrip member which is substantially spherical in shape and which includes a point disposed substantially centrally of the member. An elongated shaft member s... | 12/03/1985 |
