| US 7,612,324 B1 | ||
| Distributed display composed of active fiducials | ||
| David Payton, Calabasas, Calif. (US); Mike Daily, Thousand Oaks, Calif. (US); Mike Howard, Westlake Village, Calif. (US); and Craig Lee, Redondo Beach, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to HRL Laboratories, LLC, Malibu, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 14, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/80,053. | ||
| Application 11/080053 is a continuation of application No. 09/967325, filed on Sep. 27, 2001, abandoned. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/235599, filed on Sep. 27, 2000. | ||
| Int. Cl. H01J 40/14 (2006.01); G05B 19/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 250—221 [700/248; 700/258; 901/46] | 27 Claims |
| 1. A distributed display apparatus comprising:
a plurality of active fiducials, each with a fiducial position, each fiducial comprising:
a sensor;
a data processing element attached with the sensor, wherein the sensor is configured to receive sensor data and provide the
sensor data to the data processing element, whereby the data processing element processes the sensor data, outputting processed
data; and
a transmitter connected with the data processing element, wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit the processed
data from the active fiducial to a receiving unit;
the receiving unit comprising:
a first receiver for receiving the processed data transmitted from the plurality of active fiducials; and
an augmented view device that is co-located with the first receiver, the augmented view device having a display with a field-of-view
configured such that the processed data received from the plurality of active fiducials is overlaid on the display in correspondence
with each fiducial position within the field-of-view.
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