Patent ID: 6014117
Filing Date: 2000-01-11
Classification: G02B,G06F

Abstract:
A method of presenting information on the motion or attitude of an object in an environment, to a user, by means of the motion of an image comprising ambient symbology, the method comprising the steps of:providing an image display means for displaying an image to the user outside the central 30 degrees of the field of view of the user;providing data processing means for manipulating image data;providing ambient symbology image data, the ambient symbology image data being representative of an image including ambient symbology;capturing a selected one of a motion parameter of the object and an orientation parameter of the object, the motion parameter being related to the motion of the object in the environment and the orientation parameter being related to the orientation of the object in the environment;processing the ambient symbology image data in the processing means using the selected one of the motion parameter and the orientation parameter and a drive function, to provide motion of the image;providing the ambient symbology image data to display means, such that a moving image including the ambient symbology is displayed by the display means outside the central 30 degrees of the field of view of the user, the motion of the image including the ambient symbology being based on the selected one of the motion parameter and the orientation parameter.