Transportable Projection-Based Simulator
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1. A transportable projection-based simulator, comprising:
- a trailer;
a mock cabin within the trailer, the mock cabin defining at least one visual opening;
a screen assembly having a top and a bottom, the screen assembly having a projection surface which substantially faces the mock cabin, the top of the screen assembly having two corner ends with a curvature between the two corner ends, the two corner ends of the top of the screen assembly being closer to the mock cabin than the top of the screen assembly between the two corner ends, the projection surface being substantially vertical near the top and which curves to approach a horizontal orientation at the bottom; and
a plurality of projectors positioned to project images onto the screen assembly, the projected images substantially covering the projection surface of the screen assembly.
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Abstract
A transportable projection-based simulator is expanded on one or both sides. Bowl-like screen assemblies partially surround a mock cabin within the simulator. A combination of projectors and mirrors reflect images of a virtual landscape onto the screen assemblies. A trainee within the mock cabin can lean out of the mock cabin and look down at the image of the virtual landscape projected onto the portion of the screen assembly below without interfering with the projection of that image.
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20 Claims
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1. A transportable projection-based simulator, comprising:
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a trailer; a mock cabin within the trailer, the mock cabin defining at least one visual opening; a screen assembly having a top and a bottom, the screen assembly having a projection surface which substantially faces the mock cabin, the top of the screen assembly having two corner ends with a curvature between the two corner ends, the two corner ends of the top of the screen assembly being closer to the mock cabin than the top of the screen assembly between the two corner ends, the projection surface being substantially vertical near the top and which curves to approach a horizontal orientation at the bottom; and a plurality of projectors positioned to project images onto the screen assembly, the projected images substantially covering the projection surface of the screen assembly. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of establishing a training simulator, the simulator comprising a trailer, a plurality of screen assembly pieces, and a plurality of projectors, the method comprising:
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expanding a side of the trailer to increase an interior space of the trailer on the side of the trailer which is expanded, the added interior space being an expanded interior space and the non-expanded interior space being fixed interior space; assembling the screen assembly pieces to create a screen assembly within the trailer; locating the screen assembly so that at least a portion of the screen assembly is in the expanded interior space; and positioning the plurality of projectors so that images from the plurality of projectors substantial cover the screen assembly. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of forming low stress fiberglass corners of a screen piece, the method comprising:
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pulling a fiberglass thread taught; wrapping structural material around the thread; pulling the structural material around the thread so that the structural material forms a corner; and applying gel coat to a side of the structural material adjacent to the thread.
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