SIMULATOR FOR TRAINING A TEAM, IN PARTICULAR FOR TRAINING A HELICOPTER CREW

• US 20140057229A1
• Filed: 02/15/2012
• Published: 02/27/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Rheinmetall Defence Electronics GmbH (Rheinmetall AG)
• Original Assignee: Rheinmetall Defence Electronics GmbH (Rheinmetall AG)
• Inventors: Groteluschen, Volker
• Application Number:
  US13/983,610
• Publication Number:
  US 20140057229A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/18
• CPC Class Codes: F41A 33/06 Recoil simulators
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 9/006 for locating or ranging of objects
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 9/307 by helmet-mounted projector or display G09B9/36 takes precedence; optical parts of head-up displays G02B27/01
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 9/46 the aircraft being a helicopter

Abstract

The invention relates to a simulator (10) for training at least one person, comprising a training room (20), the inner delimiting surface of which is provided with a color suitable for a color-based picture knock-out, wherein the simulator (10) comprises at least one semi-transparent head-mounted display (21; 21″), which is provided with two video cameras for stereoscopic images and a head tracker, which allows the line of sight of the respective wearer to be ascertained. The simulator (10) further comprises a simulation processor (22) having two picture generators for a stereoscopic representation of virtual pictures on the at least one head-mounted display (21; 21′), and the virtual pictures to be represented can be generated by a video mixer, which comprises means for isochronously mixing the images of the video cameras of the at least one head-mounted display (21, 21′) with computed virtual pictures in the respective line of sight.

Claims

1. A simulator for the training of at least one person, comprising a training room, whose inner delimiting surface is provided with a color that is suitable for chroma keying, wherein the simulator comprises at least one partially transparent head-mounted display, which is provided with two video cameras for stereoscopic images and a head tracker, which enables determination of the viewing direction of the respective wearer, and the simulator further comprises a simulation computing unit with two image generators for stereoscopic illustration of virtual images on the at least one head-mounted display, and the virtual images to be represented can be generated by a video mixer comprising a means for simultaneous mixing of the images of the video cameras of the at least one head-mounted display with computed virtual images in the respective viewing direction.

2. The simulator as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the simulator comprises at least two partially transparent head-mounted displays, on which virtual images can be generated by the simulation computing unit at the same time.

3. The simulator as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the entire training room is implemented so as to be movable in space.

4. The simulator as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the floor can be decoupled from the side walls of the training room.

5. The simulator as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the training room comprises at least one real training object.

6. The simulator as claimed in claim 5, characterized in that the training object is a weapon and/or a winch, in each case as an original or a model.

7. The simulator as claimed in claim 6, characterized in that a cable of the winch is coupled to a motion plate that is movable in two directions within a plane, wherein the motion plate can be controlled by the simulation computing unit.

8. The simulator as claimed in claim 7, characterized in that the motion plate comprises at least one sensor, with which the force transfer of a person to the cable of the winch can be detected and can be transmitted to the simulation computing unit.

9. The simulator as claimed in claim 6, characterized in that the cable of the winch runs between two reels, onto which the cable can be reeled and from which it can be unreeled.

10. The simulator as claimed in claim 9, characterized in that the two reels are disposed outside the training room.

11. The simulator as claimed in claim 5, characterized in that parts of a training object are provided with the same color as the inner delimiting surface of the training room for chroma keying.

12. The simulator as claimed in claim 6, characterized in that the simulation computing unit for a weapon comprises means for the calculation and illustration of a sighting point in the virtual images represented on a head-mounted display.

13. The simulator as claimed in claim 6, characterized in that the weapon comprises a recoil system operated with CO₂ or operated electrically for a recoil simulation.