Training device onboard instruction station

US5224861A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Hughes Aircraft Company · US

Inventors

• Richard H. Glass · Springfield, US
• George D. Smith · Lillington, US
• Charles G. Smith · Kalamazoo, US
• Andris Plavnieks · Fairfax, US
• William T. Tilghman · Sterling, US
• Russell F. O'Brien · Riverside, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 17, 1990
• Grant date: Jul 6, 1993
• Expiry date: Sep 17, 2010

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G09B19/165
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An onboard instructor station for a training device provides a human/computer interface that is designed to support an optimum instructor's scan pattern of the training scenario. All displays and switches required to control and monitor the mission are resident at the instructor's work surface directly in front of, and tangent to the instructor's seated position. This design allows for a dedicated over-the-shoulder observation position. Therefore, the instructor may simultaneously observe trainees' actions, a visual scene and device instrumentation while controlling and monitoring the training environment through embedded situational awareness displays and corresponding switches at the work surface. The unique aspect of this design is the one position from which all tasks can be accomplished through the support provided by the packaging. This packaging employs flat panel displays which replace the traditional, larger CRT units.