Image Generator Requirements for Driving the 5120 x 4096 Pixel Ultra High-Resolution Laser Projector

摘要

Air Force fighter pilots require eye-limited resolution for many simulator training scenarios and tasks. However, the field-of-view, brightness, and contrast of practically every visual system available today is far less than what the pilot sees looking out of the real aircraft. Because of this, current visual system do not provide a pilot with adequate or eye-limited visual definition. To provide eye-limited or 20/20 visual acuity in a Boeing-St. Louis Visual Integrated Display System (VIDS) and the Air Force's Mobile Modular Display for Advanced Research and Training (M2DART), an ultra high-resolution projector capable of displaying an unprecedented resolution of 5,120 pixels by 4,096 lines at 60 Hz frame rate is required. The Air Force Research Laboratory, in cooperation with Evans & Sutherland Incorporated, is developing a laser projector based upon the Silicon Light Machines grating light value to meet this order-of-magnitude performance increase over current technology. This document describes the image generator interface, and capabilities required to provide imagery to this new class of projector.