Abstract:
Method for verifying registration of a model of an internal-body-part with the internal-body-part in a reference coordinate system. The internal-body-part is at least partially unseen directly by a user. The method includes the procedures of continuously determining a position and orientation of a head-mounted-display in the reference coordinate system, determining a display location of at least one virtual marker, and displaying the virtual marker according to the display location. The display location of the virtual marker is determined according to the expected position of a respective at least one reference point relative to the head-mounted-display. The reference point is directly visible to the user. The relative position between the reference point and the internal-body-part is substantially constant. The position of the reference point in the reference coordinate system is predetermined. When the model and the internal-body-part are effectively registered, the reference point and corresponding virtual marker appears visually in alignment.
Abstract:
A weight estimation system for estimating weight of an aerospace vehicle while grounded, the weight estimation system comprising a measurement subsystem including at least one sensor configured to measure a physical property in an interface that interfaces at least one of a fuselage and a wing with an undercarriage of said aerospace vehicle, in at least one area exhibiting a measurable change in geometry that is at least partly due to said weight, said measurement subsystem configured to produce measured data indicative of said weight of said aerospace vehicle; and a processor for receiving at least part of said measured data, said processor configured to estimate said weight, by relating said measured data with predetermined physical-property-to-weight correspondence data associated with said aerospace vehicle.
Abstract:
Head mounted displays (HMD) and corresponding display methods are provided, which obtain, repeatedly, from a monitoring system of a vehicle and, a reference vector relating to the vehicle; display on the HMD a reference symbol that indicates the reference vector; and determine movements of a HMD symbology according to a spatial relation between a received user's line of sight (LOS) and the reference vector. For example, the vehicle may be an aircraft and the reference vector a flight path vector (FPV) received from the aircraft's avionics. The proposed HMD enhances the displayed information content while avoiding excessive movements of the symbology. The HMD's functional parameters may be pre-set or adapted according to user preference and flight stage characteristics. The reference symbol anchors most of the symbology, while minimal critical information may be moved along with the user's LOS, providing a clearer and more stable view through the HMD.
Abstract:
System and method for determining the position and orientation (P&O) of a tool-tip relative to an eye tissue of interest. The system includes and imaging and tracking module coupled with a processor. The imaging and tracking module at least includes an imager. The imager acquires at least one image of at least one tissue-reference-marker. The imaging and tracking module further determines information relating to the P&O of the tool. The processor determines the P&O of the tissue-reference-marker according to the acquired image of the tissue-reference-marker. The processor determines the P&O of the eye tissue of interest, according to the P&O of the tissue-reference-marker, and a predetermined relative P&O between the tissue-reference-marker and the eye tissue of interest. The processor also determines the P&O of a tool-tip according to a tool-marker and determines the relative P&O between the tool-tip and the eye tissue of interest.
Abstract translation:用于确定工具尖端相对于感兴趣的眼部组织的位置和方向(P& O)的系统和方法。 该系统包括与处理器耦合的成像和跟踪模块。 成像和跟踪模块至少包括成像器。 成像器获取至少一个组织参考标记的至少一个图像。 成像和追踪模块进一步确定与工具的P& O有关的信息。 处理器根据所获取的组织参考标记的图像确定组织参考标记的P& O. 处理器根据组织参考标记的P& O和组织参考标记与感兴趣的眼部组织之间的预定相对P& O来确定感兴趣的眼组织的P& O. 处理器还根据工具标记确定工具尖端的P& O,并确定工具尖端和感兴趣的眼睛组织之间的相对P& O. p>
Abstract:
A profile comparator for comparing between a human operator and a clone including a storage device, a simulation processor and a parameter comparator, the storage device including a recording of at least one parameter during an activity session of a platform, the platform including at least one control system, the parameter being at least one of a parameter of the platform and an action of an operator of the platform during the activity session, and a predetermined profile, the simulation processor configured to generate a virtual clone of the platform according to at least one of the recorded parameter, the simulation processor being further configured to manage the virtual clone according to the predetermined profile, the parameter comparator configured to compare at least one comparison parameter relative to the comparison parameter of the virtual clone and configured to determine at least one deviation wherein the comparison parameter deviates from the comparison parameter of the virtual clone.
Abstract:
A device for determining relative orientation between two locations including an imager, an inertial-orientation-sensor firmly attached to the imager for determining information relating to the orientation thereof and which exhibits drift and a processor coupled with the Imager and with the inertial-orientation-sensor. The processor determines a first orientation-measurement and first time-tag when the' device is oriented with a first-orientation-indicator located at a first location. The processor determines a second-orientation-measurement and second time-tag when the device is oriented with a second-orientation-indicator located at a second location. The processor determines a third-orientation-measurement and third time-tag when the device is oriented again with the flrst-orientation-indicator. The processor determines the drift associated the inertial-orientation-sensor according to difference between the first-orientatlon-measurernent and the third-orientation-rneasurement the respective time-tags associated therewith. The processor determines an angle-difference between the first-orientation-indicator and the second-orientation-indicator according to the first-orientation-measurenient and the second-orientation-measurernent, the first and second time-tags and the drift.
Abstract:
System for mapping a magnetic-field including a magnetic-field-transmitter, a freestanding magnetic-field-detector operative to freely move within a volume of interest and acquire measurements of the flux of the magnetic-field at a plurality of poses, a pose-information-acquisition-module for measuring information related to the pose of the magnetic-field-detector and a processor, coupled with the magnetic-field-detector and with said pose-information-acquisition-module and determines pose-related-information respective of each of at least a portion of the magnetic-flux-measurements, according to said information related to the pose of said magnetic-field-detector, the processor further estimating the entire set of parameters of a magnetic-field-model-template according to the magnetic-flux-measurements and the respective pose-related-information the magnetic flux measurements, the processor incorporates the entire set of parameters into said magnetic field model template, thereby determining said magnetic field model, the entire set of parameters includes the coefficients, the order, the number and location of the centers of expansion of the model.
Abstract:
A system for determining a region of interest for an imaging device based on instrument landing system (ILS) is provided herein. The system may include an imaging device attached to an aircraft; an ILS detector; a computer processor configured to calculate a line of sight between said aircraft and a planned touch down point, based on the received ILS signals; a touchdown positioning module executed by the computer processor and configured to calculate a position in a field of view (FOV) of said imaging device which represents the planned touchdown point, based on said line of sight; and a region of interest (ROI) module executed by the computer processor and configured to define a region of interest (ROI) of the imaging device based on said position in said FOV, wherein said computer processor is further configured to apply an image processing operation only to data within said ROI.
Abstract:
A munition guidance system is disclosed. The system comprises a generally tubular enclosure, having an internal cavity adapted for receiving a munition, wherein an outer diameter of the enclosure is at most the largest outer diameter of the munition; and a processing and control unit enclosed within the enclosure and being configured for controlling guidance wings so as to maneuver the munition while flying.
Abstract:
An active vision based method and system for video capturing is provided herein. The method may include the following steps: illuminating a stationary outdoor scene containing objects, with a structured light exhibiting a specified pattern, at a first angle; capturing reflections from the objects in the stationary scene, in a second angle, the reflections exhibiting distortions of the specified pattern; analyzing the reflected distortions of the specified pattern, to yield a three dimensional model of the stationary scene containing the objects, wherein the specified pattern may include temporal and spatial modulation.