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Cockpit simulator interfacing to keyboard port of desktop computer

  • US 4,852,031 A
  • Filed: 07/14/1987
  • Issued: 07/25/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/14/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. For use with a computer having a keyboard input port to which a control keyboard is coupled for inputting input commands generated by a computer user for controlling the operation of said computer to execute an application program, and a display monitor through which a visual presentation of a result of the computer user, an apparatus enabling said computer to execute an application program for simulating the dynamic response of a vehicle in response to control commands therefor comprising:

  • a control panel which effectively simulates a control console of a vehicle the dynamic response of which is simulated by the execution of said application program, said control panel containing a plurality of input devices corresponding to input devices of the control console of said vehicle through which control commands for operating said vehicle are generated;

    first means, coupled with said input devices of said control panel, for generating signals representative of input commands generateable by the operation of keys of said control keyboard in accordance with he application program for simulating the dynamic response of a vehicle, in response to the operation of input devices of said control panel; and

    second means, coupled with said first means and connectable to the keyboard input port of said computer, for coupling signals generated by said first means in response to the operation of input devices of said control panel, to the keyboard input port of said computer.

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