Abstract: An inertial measurement system comprising at least one sensor cluster comprising a plurality of inertial sensors for sampling at least one of acceleration and angular velocity of said at least one sensor cluster with respect to each axis in a plurality of axes of a reference frame, and for producing individual outputs associated with said at least one of acceleration and angular velocity, at least three of said inertial sensors said sampling with respect to each same respective said axis; and a processing engine for receiving said individual outputs, combining said individual outputs to yield respective combined outputs, detecting which of said individual outputs diverges from at least one of their inter-comparison, and its respective combined output, according to a decision rule, said processing engine configured to dynamically self-calibrate a parameter that includes individual scale factor of those said inertial sensors whose said individual outputs were detected to diverge.

Abstract: A method and system for providing depth perception to a two-dimensional (2D) representation of a given three-dimensional (3D) object within a 2D non-visible spectrum image of a scene is provided. The method comprises: capturing the 2D non-visible spectrum image at a capture time, by at least one non-visible spectrum sensor; obtaining 3D data regarding the given 3D object independently of the 2D non-visible spectrum image; generating one or more depth cues based on the 3D data; applying the depth cues on the 2D representation to generate a depth perception image that provides the depth perception to the 2D representation; and displaying the depth perception image.

Abstract: A method and a system for landing and terrain flight assistance are provided herein. The method may include the following steps: obtaining, by at least one imaging sensor disposed on an aerial platform, at least two images of at least a portion of a specified region of a terrain; determining, based on the at least two images, a 3D model of at least a portion of the specified region; receiving a predetermined model of at least a portion of the specified region; determining a real-world geographic location of the aerial platform based on the 3D model and the predetermined model; and determining flight instructions based on the 3D model and the determined geographic location of the aerial platform.

Abstract: A transfer-alignment system for a Head-Mounted Display (HMD), and a display coupled to the HMD, wherein the display is adjustable by a user along the at least one degree of freedom; and a processor configured to: obtain the HMD's inertial readings information, the display's inertial readings information and the information indicating the HMD's position and/or orientation with respect to the frame of reference; continuously analyze movement information of the HMD and movement information of the display to determine relative orientation between the HMD and the display; and cause the display-processor to adjust the images to conform with respect to the frame of reference based on the information indicating the position and/or orientation and the relative movements of the HMD, wherein the frame of reference is selected from the group consisting of a platform coordinates, a fixed coordinate system established in space, an earth coordinate system, and any combination thereof.

Abstract: A microsurgery system includes a robotic arm, configured for movement; a head mounted display (HMD) configured to display to a user in real-time image sequences of an operated area; a camera coupled to the robotic arm, the camera configured to acquire operated-area image sequences of the operated area and being suspended above the operated area and being mechanically and optically disconnected from the HMD. The robotic arm enables the camera to capture the operated-area image sequences from a range of perspectives. A processing device is coupled with the HMD and the camera, and transmits the image sequences of the operated-area to the HMD. A tracker tracks at least one of a head of the user, a hand of the user, and a tool held by the use. The robotic arm is guidable according to movements tracked of the head, the hand, and/or the tool.

Abstract: A method and a system for displaying a scene to a user wearing ahead mounted display (HMD) while removing obstructions in a field of view (FOV) of the user are provided herein. The method may include: capturing by a sensor a vehicle image of the scene wherein the first sensor is mounted on the vehicle; tracking a position and orientation of the HMD in a specified coordinate system, to yield a line of sight (LOS) of the user wearing the HMD; obtaining a database containing obstacles data indicating at least one physical object located within the vehicle and affecting the FOV of the user; calculating an obstructed portion in the FOV of the user, based on the LOS and the database; generating from the vehicle image, an un-obstructed view which includes a portion of the scene overlapping the obstructed portion; and displaying in the HMD the un-obstructed view.

Abstract: A method for irradiating an image in an optical see-through (OST) head mounted display (HMD) for viewing through, the OST HMD by a user's eye, an object having at least one of known orientation and position and orientation (O/P&O), associated with a first reference frame, the method comprising: generating and irradiating said image for appearing to said user superimposed in an aligned manner to said object, according to predetermined information, eyeball feature position data, and said O/P&O; said predetermined information relates correction data with a plurality of different respective position data values of at least one eyeball feature position of said eye; said predetermined information further includes display corrections of said electro-optical display module with respect to said position data values of said at least one eyeball feature position, with respect to a second reference frame; and said O/P&O is between said second reference and said first reference frame.

Abstract: The presently disclosed subject matter aims to a head-mounted display (HMD) system including: (i) an image source configured to project one or more light beams associated with one or more respective images, (ii) a first optical element, including (a) a first receiving surface, (b) a first reflective element, and (c) a first projecting surface, at least one of which possesses optical power; (iii) a second optical element including (d) a second receiving surface, (e) a second reflective element, and (f) a second projecting surface, at least one of which possesses optical power; and (iv) an at least partially reflective element configured to enable the displaying of the one or more produced images to the user's eye while allowing said user to continue seeing the real world.

Abstract: A touch screen (TS) comprises a display; a frame with edges positioned opposite each other around the display; at least a first sensor array and at least a second sensor array, wherein each of the sensor arrays has a plurality of light transmitters and a plurality of light sensors, and wherein the at least first sensor array and the at least second sensor array are disposed on the first edge and the second edge of the frame, respectively, wherein the transmitters of the first sensor array are facing the light sensors on the second sensor array positioned on two opposing edges of the frame; and at least one physical obstacle located on the third edge or the fourth edge, for reducing stray light scattered or reflected by third edge or the fourth edge and arriving to the light sensors.

Abstract: Systems and methods for determining a relative motion between two or more objects are disclosed. The system may include an excitation unit adapted to be disposed on a first object and configured to excite and to induce at least one change in at least a portion of a second object. The system may include a sensing unit adapted to be disposed on the first object, the sensing unit may include at least one sensor configured to detect the at least one change in the second object at two or more different time instances and to generate corresponding two or more sensor output datasets. The system may include a processing unit configured to determine a relative motion between the first object and the second object based on the two or more sensor output datasets thereof.

Abstract: A direct view display system (DVDS) and a method to operate it are provided herein. The DVDS may include: a variable optical power element (VOPE); a transparent active image source located with the VOPE on a common optical axis going from an outside scene to an eye position of a viewer; and a time division multiplexer (TDM) configured to control the VOPE and the transparent active image source, wherein the TDM is configured in a certain time period to cause the transparent active image source to be in a transparent state and the VOPE to exhibit no optical power, and wherein the TDM is configured in another time period to cause said transparent active image source to exhibit an image and said VOPE to apply non-zero optical power, for projecting the image onto the eye position at a desirable distance therefrom.

Abstract: A system and method for generating a focused three-dimensional (3D) point cloud is disclosed. A respective 3D point cloud is generated based on returns of a respective sequence of energy pulses that is emitted towards one or more regions-of-interest (ROIs) within a field-of-view (FOV) during a respective scan of the FOV, the returns including one or more secondary returns from one or more points within the FOV. During an additional scan of the FOV, subsequent to the respective scan, an additional sequence of energy pulses is emitted to generate a focused 3D point cloud that includes additional information regarding one or more selected points of the points associated with the secondary returns relative to the respective 3D point cloud.

Abstract: An eyepiece suitable for a night vision device, having an optical combiner for injecting a synthetic image onto the scene and having a single optical correction mechanism is provided herein. The eyepiece may include an observer-side lens; an objective-side lens; a diopter adjustment knob configured to set a distance between the observer-side lens and the objective-side lens; and an optical combiner located between the objective-side lens and the objective-side lens, wherein the optical combiner reflects towards the observer-side lens, the synthetic image transmitted from outside the eyepiece and transfers towards the observer-side lens, a scene image coming from an objecting lens of the night vision device and passing through the objective side lens, and wherein the diopter adjustment knob serves as a single setting mechanism which simultaneously sets a diopter of the observer and a focal depth of the display source image.

Abstract: An eyepiece suitable for a night vision device, having an optical combiner for injecting a synthetic image onto the scene and having a single optical correction mechanism is provided herein. The eyepiece may include an observer-side lens; an objective-side lens; a diopter adjustment knob configured to set a distance between the observer-side lens and the objective-side lens; and an optical combiner located between the objective-side lens and the objective-side lens, wherein the optical combiner reflects towards the observer-side lens, the synthetic image transmitted from outside the eyepiece and transfers towards the observer-side lens, a scene image coming from an objecting lens of the night vision device and passing through the objective side lens, and wherein the diopter adjustment knob serves as a single setting mechanism which simultaneously sets a diopter of the observer and a focal depth of the display source image.

Abstract: A method of determining a configuration of a measurement volume, the method may include: generating, by at least one transmitter, a transmitted magnetic field within the measurement volume; measuring, by at least one receiver positioned, a total magnetic field in the measurement volume at at least one receiver position and generating at least one receiver output signal; generating, by a processing unit, a measured dataset; comparing, by the processing unit, the measured dataset with at least one of at least two reference configuration datasets each for determined for one of at least two different configurations of the measurement volume; and identifying, by the processing unit, a reference configuration dataset of the at least two reference configuration datasets that corresponds to the measured dataset.

Abstract: Head wearable display (HWD) systems and methods of display reliability verification with respect to the HWD operated by a user are provided, which comprise tracking a position and orientation (P&O) of the HWD relative to hardware element(s) at known position(s), which are selected from a surroundings of the user and are visible to the user through the HWD, calculating position(s) of the hardware element(s) with respect to the HWD, and displaying, in the HWD and according to the calculated position(s), verification symbol(s) that correspond to the hardware element(s). Display reliability verification may be carried out automatically using a camera and an image processing module, optionally with an additional illuminator, which compares the element(s)'s captured locations with the element(s)'s expected location according to the tracking, and indicates possible discrepancies. Discrepancy identification may be used to initiate a correction process or to indicate the presented symbology to be unreliable.

Abstract: A transfer-alignment system for a Head-Mounted Display (HMD), and a display coupled to the HMD, wherein the display is adapted to display images rendered by a display-processor, and wherein the HMD is monitored by a tracking system configured to provide information indicating position and/or orientation of the HMD with respect to a Frame of Reference (FoR), the system comprising: at least one first inertial sensor attached to the HMD and configured to acquire HMD's Inertial Readings Information (IRI); at least one second inertial sensor attached to the display and configured to acquire display's IRI; and a processor configured to: obtain the HMD's IRI, the display's IRI and the information indicating the HMD's position and/or orientation with respect to the FoR; continuously analyze movement information of the HMD and the display to determine relative orientation therebetween; and cause the display-processor to adjust the images to conform with respect to the FoR.

Abstract: A transfer-alignment system for a Head-Mounted Display (HMD), and a display coupled to the HMD, wherein the display is adapted to display images rendered by a display-processor, and wherein the HMD is monitored by a tracking system configured to provide information indicating position and/or orientation of the HMD with respect to a Frame of Reference (FoR), the system comprising: at least one first inertial sensor attached to the HMD and configured to acquire HMD's Inertial Readings Information (IRI); at least one second inertial sensor attached to the display and configured to acquire display's IRI; and a processor configured to: obtain the HMD's IRI, the display's IRI and the information indicating the HMD's position and/or orientation with respect to the FoR; continuously analyze movement information of the HMD and the display to determine relative orientation therebetween; and cause the display-processor to adjust the images to conform with respect to the FoR.

Abstract: A system for registering a coordinate system associated with a model of an object with a reference-coordinate-system, the object includes at least one marker, the system includes a portable-unit, a tracking-system and a processor. The portable unit includes and display and an optical-detection-assembly for acquiring at least one representation of the marker. The tracking-system tracks the position-and-orientation of the portable-unit in the reference-coordinate-system.

Abstract: Head wearable display (HWD) systems and methods of display reliability verification with respect to the HWD operated by a user are provided, which comprise tracking a position and orientation (P&O) of the HWD relative to hardware element(s) at known position(s), which are selected from a surroundings of the user and are visible to the user through the HWD, calculating position(s) of the hardware element(s) with respect to the HWD, and displaying, in the HWD and according to the calculated position(s), verification symbol(s) that correspond to the hardware element(s). Display reliability verification may be carried out automatically using a camera and an image processing module, optionally with an additional illuminator, which compares the element(s)'s captured locations with the element (s)'s expected location according to the tracking, and indicates possible discrepancies. Discrepancy identification may be used to initiate a correction process or to indicate the presented symbology to be unreliable.