US3401228A
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Flight simulator display apparatus
Assignee: BAC AND BRITISH AEROSPACE
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Filing: 1963-08-26
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Granted: 1968-09-10
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Expires: 1983-08-26
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Barnes Arthur George
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 17:42
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01S; G01S7/00; G01S7/02; G01S7/04; G01S7/06; G01S7/22; G09; G09B; G09B9/00; G09B9/02; G09B9/08; G09B9/30; G09B9/301; G09B9/302
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
173 words
APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ON THE SCREEN OF A VISUAL DISPLAY MEANS IN A CRAFT OR SIMULATED CRAFT A REPRESENTATION OF THE APPEARANCE FROM THE CRAFT OF AN OBJECT EXTERNAL TO THE CRAFT, COMPRISING MEANS FOR DEFLECTING A LIGHT SPOT OVER SAID DISPLAY SCREEN, A NUMBER OF DEFLECTION CONTROL CIRCUITS EACH OF WHICH IS RESPONSIVE TO INPUT DATA IN CO-ORDINATE FORM AND CONTROLS SAID VISUAL DISPLAY MEANS TO PROVIDE ON THE LATTER A LINE DEFINED BY THE CHARACTERISTICS OF SAID DEFLECTION CONTROL CIRCUIT AND THE INPUT DATA, THE COMBINATION OF LINES REPRESENTING ON SAID VISUAL DISPLAY SCREEN THE OUTLINE OF AT LEAST ONE OBJECT EXTERNAL TO THE CRAFT, AND MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE MOVEMENT OF THE CRAFT RELATIVE TO THE OBJECTS WHCIH VARY ACCORDING TO SAID MOVEMENT THE INPUR DATA APPLIED TO SAID DEFLECTION-CONTROL CIRCUITS SO AS TO MODIFY THE LINES ON THE DISPLAY IN A MANNER REPRESENTING THE MODIFICATION OF THE APPEARANCE OF OBJECTS EXTERNAL TO THE CRAFT WHICH WOULD BE OBSERVED BY A PILOT UNDERGOING REAL MOVEMENT IN RELATION TO THE OBJECTS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
173 words
APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ON THE SCREEN OF A VISUAL DISPLAY MEANS IN A CRAFT OR SIMULATED CRAFT A REPRESENTATION OF THE APPEARANCE FROM THE CRAFT OF AN OBJECT EXTERNAL TO THE CRAFT, COMPRISING MEANS FOR DEFLECTING A LIGHT SPOT OVER SAID DISPLAY SCREEN, A NUMBER OF DEFLECTION CONTROL CIRCUITS EACH OF WHICH IS RESPONSIVE TO INPUT DATA IN CO-ORDINATE FORM AND CONTROLS SAID VISUAL DISPLAY MEANS TO PROVIDE ON THE LATTER A LINE DEFINED BY THE CHARACTERISTICS OF SAID DEFLECTION CONTROL CIRCUIT AND THE INPUT DATA, THE COMBINATION OF LINES REPRESENTING ON SAID VISUAL DISPLAY SCREEN THE OUTLINE OF AT LEAST ONE OBJECT EXTERNAL TO THE CRAFT, AND MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE MOVEMENT OF THE CRAFT RELATIVE TO THE OBJECTS WHCIH VARY ACCORDING TO SAID MOVEMENT THE INPUR DATA APPLIED TO SAID DEFLECTION-CONTROL CIRCUITS SO AS TO MODIFY THE LINES ON THE DISPLAY IN A MANNER REPRESENTING THE MODIFICATION OF THE APPEARANCE OF OBJECTS EXTERNAL TO THE CRAFT WHICH WOULD BE OBSERVED BY A PILOT UNDERGOING REAL MOVEMENT IN RELATION TO THE OBJECTS.
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