Possibilities of computer-aided helmet-mounted display systems in controlling the angular position of an observation and targeting head

The paper presents the results of analyses conducted at AFIT regarding the possibilities of using a helmet-mounted display system to control the armament of modernized military helicopters. The general section discusses selected methods and systems used to determine the angular position of the helmet and to assist the pilot in helmet-mounted control of visual data acquisition systems (e.g., observation and targeting heads). The detailed section presents the results of an analysis of selected algorithms and a design for a helmet orientation determination system (based on a measurement module with magnetic field and inertial sensors) used to control the angular position of visual data acquisition elements (e.g., an observation and targeting head). The implementation of this topic was accepted for funding by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education as a research and development project.POSSIBILITIES OF THE COMPUTER ASSIST BY THE HELMET-MOUNTED DISPLAY SYSTEM IN CONTROLLING THE ORIENTATION OF THE ELECTRO-OPTICAL SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM
The paper has been intended to present results of the AFIT-conducted studies on the suitability of the helmet-mounted display system to control armament systems of upgraded military helicopters. Some selected methods and systems used to track the helmet orientation and support the pilot as far as the helmet-mounted display system’s capabilities to collect visual data are concerned (e.g. electro-optical surveillance system orientation) have been discussed in ‘Generalities’. In the part on the particularities analyses of some selected algorithms have been presented and followed with a design of the helmet-orientation tracking system (based on the measuring module with the magnetic and inertial field components) used to control the orientation of the electro-optical surveillance system. This project has been financed by the Ministry of Science & Higher Education of Poland as a scientific research & development project (R&D). (…)

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