Pilot training simulator
First Claim
1. A pilot training simulator, comprising in combination:
- model board means for producing predetermined model scenes;
television camera means spatially disposed from said predetermined model board scenes producing means and sighted along a first predetermined light path therefrom for the optical probing thereof and for producing a video signal representing an image of a predetermined model scene;
means spatially disposed from said model board means and said television camera means for superimposing a model target scene upon said predetermined model board scenes in such manner that both of said scenes may be sighted on simultaneously by said television camera means;
a simulated vehicle cockpit having a windshield and controls which correspond to those of the vehicle whose cockpit is being simulated;
means contiguously disposed with said windshield, located within said simulated vehicle cockpit, and connected to the output of said television camera means for displaying said predetermined model scene image in response to the video signal produced thereby; and
means spatially disposed from the windshield of said simulated vehicle cockpit for projecting a visible motion picture therethrough that includes the aforesaid predetermined model scene image.
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Abstract
A pilot training simulator system is disclosed that simulates a predetermd vehicle and the operational environment pertinent to the vehicle in such manner that the pilot being trained in the system may be responsive to the realistic impressions effected by this combination. Included in the system is a first subsystem for producing a video readout of various terrain and target scenes, a simulated vehicle cockpit second subsystem to which the terrain and target scenes are provided, and a third subsystem for providing a motion picture to the windshield of the simulated vehicle cockpit. A motion generator imparts realistic movements to the first subsystem and simulated vehicle cockpit, and console controls permit the manual operational control of both.
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17 Claims
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1. A pilot training simulator, comprising in combination:
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model board means for producing predetermined model scenes; television camera means spatially disposed from said predetermined model board scenes producing means and sighted along a first predetermined light path therefrom for the optical probing thereof and for producing a video signal representing an image of a predetermined model scene; means spatially disposed from said model board means and said television camera means for superimposing a model target scene upon said predetermined model board scenes in such manner that both of said scenes may be sighted on simultaneously by said television camera means; a simulated vehicle cockpit having a windshield and controls which correspond to those of the vehicle whose cockpit is being simulated; means contiguously disposed with said windshield, located within said simulated vehicle cockpit, and connected to the output of said television camera means for displaying said predetermined model scene image in response to the video signal produced thereby; and means spatially disposed from the windshield of said simulated vehicle cockpit for projecting a visible motion picture therethrough that includes the aforesaid predetermined model scene image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A pilot training simulator, comprising in combination:
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a television camera adapted for receiving images along a first optical path and for producing a signal indicative thereof; a first adjustable light filter spatially disposed upstream from said television camera along said first optical path; a beam splitter spatially disposed upstream from said first adjustable light filter along said first optical path; a second adjustable light filter spatially disposed upstream from said beam splitter along said first optical path; a third adjustable light filter spatially disposed upstream from said beam splitter along a second optical path; a pair of predetermined models spatially disposed upstream from said second and third adjustable light filters along said first and second optical paths, respectively for supplying the images received by the aforesaid television camera; a simulated vehicle cockpit capable of pitch, yaw, and roll movements having a forward looking window and attitude controls; means connected to said simulated vehicle cockpit and receiving the signal for displaying in said cockpit the images received by said television camera; a film projector adapted for projecting pictures along a third optical path that extends through the forward looking window of said simulated vehicle cockpit; a diffuser type viewing screen spatially disposed downstream from said film projector along said third optical path; lens means spatially disposed downstream from said viewing screen and upstream from the aforesaid forward looking window of said simulated vehicle cockpit along said third optical path for giving the downstream side of said viewing screen and any images portrayed thereby the appearance of being located a substantially infinite distance from the aforesaid simulated vehicle cockpit; and a motion having a plurality of inputs and a plurality of outputs, with one of the inputs thereof connected to the controls of said simulated vehicle cockpit, and with a pair of the outputs thereof connected to the aforesaid simulated vehicle cockpit and television camera, respectively. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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