Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Katsuhito Aoki

Yukio Miyamaru

Kazuyuki Iwata

Takaji Mukumoto

Sadanao Ichimi

Takeshi Masaki

Takashi Kudo

Hirotoshi Kizawa

Keigo Yoshida

Hitoshi Kashiwagi

Takashi Ichizawa

Toshihiro Hijikata

Isao Fujita

Goro Yamasaki

Makoto Makino

In an interactive driving simulation apparatus for a two-wheeled vehicle, a real-time test drive performance by a student operator around a simulated driving route sequence is recorded. The recorded performance is later replayed for the benefit of the student, to provide real-world simulation, education, and performance evaluation. During the simulated driving, pre-recorded performance evaluation comments are selected and stored, corresponding to the student's specific performance at a traffic driving situation on the driving route sequence. Then, upon displaying of a replay screen image of the simulated driving on a display unit, when a particular traffic driving situation is arrived at, a simulated operating environment of the traffic driving situation and the selected performance evaluation comments are automatically superimposed and displayed together as a replay screen

Interactive driving simulator, and methods of using same

A remaining distance meter for easily assuring detection of the remaining distance up to the destination from the current position and for recognizes intuitively and visually whether the vehicle is running closer toward the destination or becoming far from the destination. A remaining distance meter is displayed on the display area of the navigation apparatus to realize a graphic display which expands and compresses depending on the distance up to the destination from the current position. In the remaining distance meter, the reference distance mark is previously given and the distance up to the destination from the current position is displayed at the starting time by defining the reference distance mark as the starting point. When the distance up to the destination from the current position is increased or decreased after the running of vehicle, the display of the remaining distance meter expands or compresses depending on an increase or a decrease of the remaining distance. When the remaining distance setting button is depressed during the running of the vehicle, the remaining distance from the reference distance mark defined as the starting point can be displayed in an enlarged size. Moreover, the mark for storing the remaining distance at the time when the remaining distance setting button is depressed can also be displayed.

Remaining distance meter

A riding simulation apparatus comprises a color picture image signal generating apparatus for outputting video image information of a forward field of view of the rider and video image information of the rear of the rider, a display apparatus for receiving the video image information outputted from the color picture image signal generating apparatus, masking a picture image based on the video image information of the rear of the rider and reflecting a video image based on the image information of the forward field of view of the rider on a flat screen provided at a position forwardly of the rider, and a pair of left and right liquid crystal television sets provided at the positions of back mirrors of the simulation motorcycle for receiving the video image information of the rear of the rider and displaying a picture image based on the video image information of the rear of the rider. A running mode selecting controller for selecting a specific running mode, a first control for controlling the behavior of the simulated motorcycle according to a selected specific running mode, and a second control for controlling a picture corresponding to the running mode by changing the contents of the picture according to the selected specific running mode may be included.

Riding simulation system

A riding simulation system of motorcycle provides at least a model motorcycle on which a person can ride and which can be operated by a person. In response to the operation and movement of the person who rides on the model motorcycle, the model motorcycle is moved by a movable mechanism in a desirable direction such as a yawing direction, a rolling direction and a pitching direction. Preferably, the moving image such as the scenery which is seen from the running motorcycle is displayed in front of the person who rides on the model motorcycle. Such moving image is varied in response to the driving condition of the model motorcycle.

Riding simulation system of motorcycle

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Saitama, Japan

Katsuhito Aoki