Flight simulating video game
US4527980A · kind A · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 7, 1983 |
| Grant date | Jul 9, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 7, 2003 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG09B9/302
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An enclosure generally shaped to simulate the appearance of a flight vehicle is provided with a seat facing a video display and is supported on a parabolic dish for freedom of angular motion in the pitch and roll modes. Included in the enclosure may be a weighted control stick which, according to its angular displacement, displaces the effective center of gravity, thus moving the enclosure in the pitch and roll modes. A set of orthogonal resolvers deployed in the enclosure and pendulum articulated provide binary signals of the pitch and roll angles achieved to the video display, simulating the flight vehicle attitude while a program is cycled through a microprocessor and superposed onto the pitch and roll inputs to generate on the video screen images simulating flight.
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