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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 1982
Filed:
Dec. 05, 1980
David P Gdovin, Vestal, NY (US);
The Singer Company, Binghamton, NY (US);
Abstract
In a vehicular simulator including a cockpit and visual system wherein the visual system includes a hollow, partial spherical screen 18 surrounding a cockpit 14, and wherein both the cockpit 14 and spherical screen 18 are supported by a base support structure 16 such that the nominal eye point 24 of a pilot operator sitting in the cockpit 14 is at or near the center of the spherical screen 18. Improvement apparatus is provided comprising a first base means or structure 38 for providing a selected increase of the distance between the nominal eye point 24 and base platform 16. A second spacing means 40 and 42 are also provided which maintains the same selected distance increase between the spherical center of the screen 18 and the base platform 16. Left and right curved screen panels 44 and 46 having a spherical surface with the same diameter as the spherical screen are provided to the left and right of cockpit 14 such that bottom edge of spherical screen 18 is increased in selected areas by the panels.