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Flight simulator system

  • US 4,078,317 A
  • Filed: 07/30/1976
  • Issued: 03/14/1978
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/30/1976
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus for use in combination with a television receiver for producing a controllable display simulating the flight of an aircraft comprisingcontrol means coupled to said receiver for producing signals to which said receiver is responsive to produce fixed and movable display marks on said screen, said control means includingsync circuit means for generating vertical and horizontal sync signals consistent with the raster pattern of said receiver;

  • first circuit means for generating signals to which said receiver is responsive to simultaneously produce on said screen first and second symbols representative of an aircraft with one of said symbols being displayed in an upper portion of said screen and the other being displayed in the remaining lower portion of said screen;

    second circuit means for generating signals to which said receiver is responsive to produce on said screen third and fourth symbols representative of a landscape feature, said third and fourth symbols being displayed respectively in said upper and lower portions;

    said first circuit means including variable circuit means for changing the time of generation of said signals generated thereby to concurrently change the horizontal location of said first and second symbols to produce the appearance of motion of said symbols in a horizontal direction, and to independently change the vertical locations of said first and second symbols in said upper and lower portions; and

    manually movable control means mechanically coupled to said variable circuit means for enabling an operator to control the direction of movement of said first and second symbols.

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