Patent ID: 8831277

Claim:
A distributed parallel processing helmet mounted optical helmet tracking system, comprising: A plurality of imaging sensors mounted to a single helmet so that each of said plurality of imaging sensors outputs image data at a first helmet orientation and at a second helmet orientation; a plurality of processors, each of which receives data representative of an independently viewable, complete and separate image subsection, and each of which performs a portion of a distributed parallel processing operation; a designated processor that at least indirectly receives output data from each of said plurality of processors, and processes such output data to generate a signal which is representative of differences between the first helmet orientation and the second helmet orientation; and wherein the plurality of sensors comprise a visible light sensor; wherein said plurality of sensors comprises a plurality of image sensors, each configured to monitor only an identical set of predetermined frequency ranges of electromagnetic radiation; wherein each imaging sensor of the plurality of imaging sensors generates an independently viewable, complete and separate image subsections.