System, method and apparatus for driver training

US8894415B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Advanced Training Systems, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Aaron M. Best · Murray, US
• J Ken Barton · Sandy, US
• David J. Havell · Salt Lake City, US
• Reginald T. Welles · Salt Lake City, US
• Darrell R. Turpin · Murray, US
• James W. Voorhees · Vancouver, US
• John Kearney, Sr. · St. Pete Beach, US
• Camille B. Price · Kaysville, US
• Nathan P. Stahlman · Vancouver, US
• Aaron J. Turpin · Taylorsville, US
• Aaron M. Purvis · Vancouver, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 24, 2010
• Grant date: Nov 25, 2014
• Expiry date: Dec 29, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G09B9/05
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An application for a system for driver training is includes a computer with at least two graphics displays. A first graphics display simulates a windshield of a target vehicle and a second graphics display simulates a dashboard of the target vehicle. The computer generates images that simulate the dashboard of the target vehicle on the second graphics display. A touch screen interface is connected to the second graphics display and is operatively coupled to the computer thereby signaling the computer with positions of which the second graphics display is touched by a trainee. The trainee is prompted to touch an item on the dashboard (second graphic display) and the touch screen interface is read to determine if the trainee touched the appropriate item (e.g. gauge).