Patent ID: 11910864
Assignee: ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A  G  B | IPC A  B  G

Claim 0:
1. A helmet assembly for a spacesuit, comprising:
an external face shield attachable to a first spacesuit, the external face shield providing at least one field of view (FOV) to a user of the first spacesuit;
one or more suit status displays mounted to the external face shield within the at least one FOV, each suit status display comprising:
a one-dimensional array of one or more light-emitting diode (LED) units;
and
an LED controller operatively coupled to the array of LED units and in communication with a suit controller and with at least one position sensor of the first spacesuit, the LED controller configured to:
receive at least one suit status from the suit controller, the at least one suit status including:
at least one of a first relative position, a first bearing, or
a first heading associated with a vehicle;
and
at least one of a second relative position, a second bearing, or a second heading associated with a second spacesuit;

and
display the received suit status to the user by illuminating one or more LED units of the array.