A new color display for head‐mounted use

— A miniature color-display technology has been developed for airborne head-mounted applications. A stack containing three AMLCDs, operating in a subtractive-color mode, is used to obtain 400 × 300 full-color pixels in a 3.3 × 2.5-cm (1.3 × 1.0-in.) active area, yielding a resolution of 118 pixels/cm (300 pixels/in.). Display luminance and contrast are sufficient to produce a 2:1 contrast ratio under worst-case airborne viewing conditions, using typical head-mounted-display optics. Considerations that led to the selection of this technology for development, specifications, design issues, results, and future plans are discussed.

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