Mr. Alexander A. Cameron Profile

Alexander A. Cameron

Product Manager at BAE Systems

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Helmet and Head Mounted Displays , Cockpit Displays , Avionic Systems , Head and Helmet Tracking , Night Vision Solutions , Human Machine Interfaces

Publications (16)

Proceedings Article | 24 May 2016 Paper

Head-up, eyes-out in day and at night: Striker HMD, evolution or revolution?

Alex Cameron, Ross Hobson

Proceedings Volume 9839, 98390W (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2229036

KEYWORDS: Head-mounted displays, Night vision, Situational awareness sensors, Enhanced vision, Safety, Digital cameras, Cameras, Sensors, Head, Visualization

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Proceedings Article | 21 May 2015 Paper

In the blink of an eye: head mounted displays development within BAE Systems

Alex Cameron

Proceedings Volume 9470, 94700V (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2181380

KEYWORDS: Head-mounted displays, Head, Sensors, Night vision, Eye, CRTs, Defense and security, Telecommunications, Night vision systems, Safety

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Proceedings Article | 4 June 2013 Paper

“Head up and eyes out” advances in head mounted displays capabilities

Alex Cameron

Proceedings Volume 8736, 87360G (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2021135

KEYWORDS: Head-mounted displays, Head, Sensors, Safety, Night vision, Image sensors, Night vision goggles, Eye, Visibility, Waveguides

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Proceedings Article | 22 May 2012 Paper

Optical waveguide technology and its application in head-mounted displays

Alexander Cameron

Proceedings Volume 8383, 83830E (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.923660

KEYWORDS: Head-mounted displays, Waveguides, Holography, Optical design, Glasses, Head, Chemical elements, Light emitting diodes, LED displays, Night vision

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Applying optical waveguide technology to head mounted display (HMD) solutions has the key goal of providing the user with improved tactical situational awareness by providing information and imagery in an easy to use form which also maintains compatibility with current night vision devices and also enables the integration of future night vision devices. The benefits of waveguide technology in HMDs have seen a number of alternative waveguide display technologies and configurations emerge for Head mounted Display applications. BAE System's presented one such technology in 2009 [1] and this is now in production for a range of Helmet Mounted Display products. This paper outlines the key design drivers for aviators Helmet Mounted Displays, provides an update of holographic Optical Waveguide Technology and its maturation into compact, lightweight Helmet Mounted Displays products for aviation and non-aviation applications. Waveguide displays have proved too be a radical enabling technology which allows higher performance display devices solutions to be created in a revolutionary way. It has also provided the user with see through daylight readable displays, offering the combination of very large eye box and excellent real world transmission in a compact format. Holographic Optical Waveguide is an optical technology which reduces size and mass whilst liberating the designer from many of the constraints inherent in conventional optical solutions. This technology is basically a way of moving light without the need for a complex arrangement of conventional lenses. BAE Systems has exploited this technology in the Q-Sight^TM family of scalable Helmet Mounted Displays; allowing the addition of capability as it is required in a flexible, low-cost way The basic monocular Q-Sight^TM architecture has been extended to offer wide field of view, monochrome and full colour HMD solution for rotary wing, fast jet and solider system applications. In its basic form Q-Sight^TM now offers plug-and-play solutions into any cockpit with either Analogue (stroke) or Digital Video Interface (DVI) connections. This offers a significant upgrade opportunity to those users currently struggling with cumbersome legacy CRT using conventional glass optical lenses.

Proceedings Article | 7 May 2009 Paper

The application of holographic optical waveguide technology to the Q-Sight family of helmet-mounted displays

Alex Cameron

Proceedings Volume 7326, 73260H (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.818581

KEYWORDS: Head-mounted displays, Waveguides, Holography, Heads up displays, Sensors, LCDs, Glasses, Optical design, Holograms, Night vision

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Traditionally head up displays and helmet mounted displays use a conventional arrangement of complex lenses to generate a display for the pilot from an image source such as a Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) or Liquid Crystal Display (LCD). These systems tend to be complex, comprising many components and they also add mass and adversely modify the centre of the gravity of the helmet. This has resulted in the development of the Holographic Optical Waveguide, a revolutionary new optical technology which dramatically reduces size and mass whilst liberating the designer from many of the constraints inherent in conventional optical solutions. This technology is basically a way of moving light without the need for a complex arrangement of conventional lenses. This is made possible by embedding within the substrate a specially designed hologram which has carefully tailored set of optical properties. The image (or light waves) is constrained to follow a path through the substrate. As these waves pass through the substrate the hologram is programmed to allow some energy to escape in a carefully controlled manner reforming the image that was injected into the substrate. At the same time the hologram design modifies the image geometry such that the user views it as a full size conformal image precisely overlaid on his outside world view. Furthermore this image is maintained over a very large exit-pupil giving the user great flexibility in the installation of the display onto a helmet. The image is formed conventionally from a reflective LCD illuminated with a high brightness LED. The Q-Sight^TM Helmet Mounted Display (HMD) which exploits this concept is part of a modular-family of Helmet Mounted Displays; allowing the addition of capability as required in a flexible, low-cost way. The basic monocular QSightTM architecture offers plug-and-play solutions into any cockpit with either Analog (stroke) or Digital Video Interface (DVI) connections. This offers a significant upgrade opportunity to those users currently struggling with cumbersome legacy CRT using conventional glass optical lenses. Q-Sight^TM is configured to fit onto any aircrew helmet in service today, the large eye motion box permitting flexible installation onto loose fitting helmets. The Q-Sight^TM approach results in design solutions which are fully compatible with all in-service Night Vision Googles (NVGs) and does not require any adaptation to the NVG or its mounting bracket. This approach has distinct advantages that at night the user gets unimpaired Night Vision performance with very high quality symbology.

Proceedings Article | 7 May 2009 Paper

Simulating the attenuation performance of integrated display helmet designs

S. McCallum, A. Cameron

Proceedings Volume 7326, 73260O (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.823487

KEYWORDS: Signal attenuation, Head-mounted displays, Systems modeling, Data modeling, Composites, Performance modeling, Modeling, Head, Device simulation, Electronics

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Proceedings Article | 22 August 2001 Paper

Knighthelm 24-hour HMD: from development to production

John White, Alexander Cameron

Proceedings Volume 4361, (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.437991

KEYWORDS: Head-mounted displays, Head, Image intensifiers, Sensors, CRTs, Night vision, Image sensors, Integration, Connectors, Safety

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Proceedings Article | 22 August 2001 Paper

Helmet-mounted sighting system: from development into squadron service

John White, Alexander Cameron

Proceedings Volume 4361, (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.438004

KEYWORDS: Head-mounted displays, Missiles, Head, Sensors, Light emitting diodes, Target designation, Visualization, Electronics, Connectors, Radar

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Proceedings Article | 23 June 2000 Paper

Eurofighter helmet-mounted display: status update

Stephen Carter, Alexander Cameron

Proceedings Volume 4021, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.389153

KEYWORDS: Head-mounted displays, Head, Sensors, Cameras, Light emitting diodes, Night vision, Safety, Oxygen, CRTs, Diodes

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Proceedings Article | 23 June 2000 Paper

Advances in rotary-wing helmet-mounted displays

David Hewlett, Alexander Cameron

Proceedings Volume 4021, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.389171

KEYWORDS: Head-mounted displays, Cameras, Night vision, Video, Head, Sensors, Weapons, Electronics, Night vision systems, Aluminum

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Proceedings Article | 18 June 1997 Paper

VISTA/NF-16D programmable helmet-mounted display system

Alexander Cameron

Proceedings Volume 3058, (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.276653

KEYWORDS: Heads up displays, Head-mounted displays, Electronics, Sensors, CRTs, Displays, Standards development, Interfaces, Cameras, Head

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Proceedings Article | 7 February 1997 Paper

Helmet-mounted display systems for night and day

Alexander Cameron

Proceedings Volume 2949, (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.266347

KEYWORDS: Head-mounted displays, CRTs, Head, Electronics, Sensors, Night vision, Control systems, Connectors, Image intensifiers, Power supplies

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Proceedings Article | 22 May 1995 Paper

Helmet trackers: the future

Alexander Cameron, Simon Trythall, Anthony Barton

Proceedings Volume 2465, (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.209748

KEYWORDS: Head-mounted displays, Receivers, Magnetism, Transmitters, Head, Sensors, Light emitting diodes, Prototyping, Signal processing, Distortion

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Proceedings Article | 10 June 1994 Paper

Viper helmet-mounted display (HMD): from design concept to flight test

Alexander Cameron, D. Steward

Proceedings Volume 2218, (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.177382

KEYWORDS: Head-mounted displays, Standards development

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Proceedings Article | 1 December 1993 Paper

24-hour helmet-mounted display

Alexander Cameron

Proceedings Volume 1988, (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.164714

KEYWORDS: Head-mounted displays, CRTs, Head, Sensors, Image intensifiers, Displays, Electronics, Connectors, Signal attenuation, Eye

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Proceedings Article | 1 October 1990 Paper

Development of the combiner-eyepiece night-vision goggle

Alexander Cameron

Proceedings Volume 1290, (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.20951

KEYWORDS: Heads up displays, Eye, Head, Objectives, Night vision, Image intensifiers, Night vision goggles, Head-mounted displays, Night vision systems, Forward looking infrared

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