Virtual display system for producing a continuous virtual image

摘要

The visual display system includes a number of adjacent video image generation and display modules (14). Each module includes an image generator (16) that generates a video image representative of a portion of a composite display image displayed on a video display (18). The visual display system also includes a number of optical viewing lenses (32) associated with each video image generation and display modules and positioned between the operator (12) and the video display (18). The lenses restrict the operator's field of view such that the operator views only a portion of the active display area (24) of the video displays. The lenses of adjacent modules are joined together along their edges to form an enclosure partially surrounding the operator so that the operator views the composite display image displayed on the video displays through the lenses and perceives the composite display image as a continuous far-focused virtual image.