Multi-window visual display system for flight simulators
US4373169A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 30, 1979 |
| Grant date | Feb 8, 1983 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 30, 1999 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG09B9/326
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A wide-angle image generator of the closed-circuit television type primarily for a helicopter flight simulator, employs four vidicons, each receiving a portion of an image from a single optical system viewing a wall mounted terrain model. The optical system includes an objective lens mounted at the lower end of a yaw tube. The position of the axis of the objective lens relative to the axis of the tube as well as rotation and position of the tube relative to the terrain model are determined by movement of the simulator controls, thus varying the presentation on one display of monitor screens within the view of the pilot at the controls, and another display of monitor screens within the view of an observer. The number of monitors per display is equal to the number of the vidicons.
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