Remote Control Locomotive Simulator
First Claim
1. A simulator that simulates a remote control locomotive system which system includes a portable remote control locomotive controller, the simulator comprising:
- a display;
a first input device having controls corresponding to controls of the portable remote control locomotive controller, the first input device being carried by and operated by an operator to provide train signals; and
a computer driving the display to change the display of a train on a track from the operator'"'"'s present perspective outside a locomotive cab and adjacent the track in response to the train signals.
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Abstract
A remote control locomotive simulator including a display and a first input device similar to a remote control locomotive controller to be operated by the operator to provide train signals. A computer drives the display to move a train relative to a track in response to the train signals. A remote control locomotive controller may be an actual remote control locomotive system or may be a virtual remote control locomotive controller where the input device is one or more of a keyboard, a mouse or a touch screen of the computer. Data associated with a simulator session of this device is recorded and made available for real-time or post-processing analysis including visual review of train management using the included computer generated graphics system.
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17 Claims
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1. A simulator that simulates a remote control locomotive system which system includes a portable remote control locomotive controller, the simulator comprising:
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a display;
a first input device having controls corresponding to controls of the portable remote control locomotive controller, the first input device being carried by and operated by an operator to provide train signals; and
a computer driving the display to change the display of a train on a track from the operator'"'"'s present perspective outside a locomotive cab and adjacent the track in response to the train signals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of simulating a remote control locomotive system which system includes a portable remote control locomotive controller and a train with a locomotive on a track, the method comprising:
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providing a display;
providing to an operator a first input device having controls corresponding to controls of the portable remote control locomotive controller, the first input device being carried by and operated by an operator to provide train signals; and
driving the display to change the display of the train on the track from the operator'"'"'s present perspective outside a locomotive cab and adjacent the track in response to the train signals.
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