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Strobing to Mitigate Vibration for Display Legibility
A NASA invention available to explore as a licensing opportunity.
About this technology
Overview
NASA has developed an innovative method and apparatus for reducing the visual blur of an object being viewed by an observer in a vibration environment . This method mitigates the motion blur introduced when a display, and/or the operator reading it, is undergoing vibration (e.g., during the launch phase of spaceflight). If both the operator and the display are undergoing vibration, their respective motion patterns need not be in phase. This mitigation occurs when the display is illuminated at a strobing rate that corresponds with the frequency of the vibration. This can be done either by strobing the ambient illumination in the environment (e.g., if the operator is reading a reflective surface display), or by strobing the display itself (e.g., strobing the backlighting of an electronic display).