INTEGRATED FORWARD DISPLAY OF REARVIEW IMAGEE AND NAVIGATION INFORMATION FOR ENHANCED SITUATIONAL AWARENESS

摘要

A situational awareness system b disclosed herein for providing, heads-up display to a user on a moving vehicle. Hie display is focused at an ocular infinity in order to prevent accommodation lag in the user's comprehension, A super wide-angle (e.g., 170 degree to 210 degree) rear-view camera provides rearward looking video imagery to the user, which may be digitally processed aid enhanced. Additional information is optionally provided m the display, including maps, turn by turn directions, and visual indicators guiding the user for forward travel. Additional information is optionally provided by audio. One embodiment comprises a full-face motorcycle helmet with a see-through micro-display that projects a virtual image in-line with the helmet-wearers field of view., A second, embodiment comprises a unit projects a virtual image on a windshield in the operator's field of view.