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Apparatus and method for use in simulating operation and control of a railway train

US4853883A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 9, 1987
Grant dateAug 1, 1989
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 9, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09B9/04
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus for use in a railway train simulator includes a control station which has a first microcomputer for receiving and transmitting, via a conventional transmission protocol, train simulation signals to a second microcomputer. The second microcomputer provides master control for the apparatus. The second microcomputer is adapted to link with and operate from multiple control stations and multiple computer control terminals. Information is provided in an enhanced manner through one or more color graphics terminals, plotters and printers. Displays of simulated trains and track selections can be displayed at different, selectable scales.

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