Patent ID: 9082208
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. A system for displaying location or orientation-dependent images and information about an aircraft component, the system comprising: a portable display; at least one infrared marker, radio frequency emitter, or laser emitter fixed to the portable display; at least one infrared marker, radio frequency emitter, or laser emitter fixed to the aircraft component; at least one location and orientation-determining component comprising least one of an infrared camera, a radio frequency receiver, and a laser receiver and configured to detect locations of the infrared markers, radio frequency emitters, or laser emitters, and a remote processor comprising a computing device and a memory storage device having a computer program executable by the computing device stored thereon, the computer program comprising: a code segment for receiving a signal indicative of a location of a known point on the aircraft component and calibrating a coordinate origin to correspond with the location of the known point; a code segment for receiving information from the location and orientation-determining component, a code segment for determining a current location and orientation of the portable display relative to the coordinate origin based on the information received from the location and orientation-determining component; and a code segment for outputting images to the portable display in realtime, wherein the images are views of a 3-dimensional model of the aircraft component rotated, zoomed, and panned based on the current location and orientation of the portable display relative to the coordinate origin.