Flight simulator with spaced visuals
US4241519A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 25, 1979 |
| Grant date | Dec 30, 1980 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 25, 1999 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG09B9/302
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A flight simulator arrangement wherein a conventional, movable base flight trainer is combined with a visual cue display surface spaced a predetermined distance from an eye position within the trainer. Thus, three degrees of motive freedom (roll, pitch and crab) are provided for a visual proprioceptive, and vestibular cue system by the trainer while the remaining geometric visual cue image alterations are developed by a video system. A geometric approach to computing runway image eliminates a need to electronically compute trigonometric functions, while utilization of a line generator and designated vanishing point at the video system raster permits facile development of the images of the longitudinal edges of the runway.
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