MINIATURIZED SOLID-STATE COMPUTER SCREEN DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH INTERACTIVE VOICE CONTROL

CURRENTLY, ALMOST ALL COMPUTER SYSTEMS REQUIRE BULKY HUMAN INTERFACE DEVICES (LARGE SCREENS AND KEYBOARDS). IN CERTAIN SPACED-RESTRICTED APPLICATIONS SUCH AS AIRCRAFT AND SUBMARINES, THE BENEFITS OF ADVANCED COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY ARE FOREGONE BECAUSE OF COMPUTER WEIGHT AND SPACE REQUIREMENTS AS WELL AS THE LACK OF MOBILITY FOR THE OPERATOR. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROGRAM IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A HIGHLY MINIATURIZED AND PORTABLE SOLID-STATE COMPUTER SCREEN DISPLAY SYSTEM WHICH MAY BE WORN AS MODIFIED EYEGLASSES AND CONTROLLED BY VOICE COMMANDS FROM THE OPERATOR. RESULT WILL LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALTERNATIVES TO CURRENT COMPUTER CATHODE RAY TUBES, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND KEYBOARD CONTROL IN SPACE-RESTRICTED ENVIRONMENTS SUCH AS AIRCRAFT OR SUBMARINES. PHASE I: IDENTIFICATION OF EXISTING "OFF-THE-SHELF" SYSTEMS, BOTH IN COMPUTER SOLID-STATE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY AND COMPUTER INTERACTIVE VOICE CONTROL SYSTEMS, AS POTENTIAL CANDIDATES FOR PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENT. SIMPLE PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENT EFFORT AT THE DESKTOP COMPUTER LEVEL. PHASE II: FULL-SCALE EFFORT TO FULLY INTEGRATE AND MINIATURIZED THE TECHNOLOGIES AT A BELT-CARRIED LEVEL. DEVELOPMENT OF DEMONSTRATION HARDWARE SYSTEM. DEVELOPMENT OF DEMONSTRATION SOFTWARE FOR TWO FLEET APPLICATIONS. SYSTEM TESTING AND EVALUATION BY DESIGNATED FLEET ACTIVITIES. IDENTIFICATION OF SYSTEM ENHANCEMENTS WHICH WOULD ENHANCE FLEET INTEGRATION.