AUGMENTED REALITY FOR VEHICLE OPERATIONS
An augmented reality system, includes a head-mounted see-through optic adapted to present digital content viewable by a user and having a transparency that allows the user to see though to the surrounding environment, a non-visual tracking system adapted to identify and track objects in a surrounding environment that cannot be seen visually, a training simulation system adapted to present a virtual training object on a display on the non-visual tracking system and a virtual content presentation system adapted to present digital content in the optic when the distance between the optic and the virtual training object indicates the object is in visual range.
1 . A training system for a pilot of an aircraft, comprising:
a. an aircraft sensor system affixed to the aircraft adapted to provide a location of the aircraft, including an altitude of the aircraft, speed of the aircraft, and directional attitude of the aircraft;
b. a helmet position sensor system adapted to determine a location of a helmet within a cockpit of the aircraft and a viewing direction of a pilot wearing the helmet;
c. the helmet further comprising a see-through computer display through which the pilot sees an environment outside of the aircraft with computer content overlaying the environment to create an augmented reality view of the environment for the pilot; and
d. a computer content presentation system adapted to present computer content to the see-through computer display at a virtual marker, generated by the computer content presentation system, representing a geospatial position of a training asset moving within a visual range of the pilot, such that the pilot sees the computer content from a perspective consistent with the aircraft's position, altitude, attitude, and the pilot's helmet position when the pilot's viewing direction is aligned with the virtual marker.
2 - 12 . (canceled)