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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2008
John L. Vian, Renton, WA (US);
Emad W. Saad, Renton, WA (US);
Stefan R. Bieniawski, Seattle, WA (US);
El-hadi M. Aggoune, Brier, WA (US);
John L. Vian, Renton, WA (US);
Emad W. Saad, Renton, WA (US);
Stefan R. Bieniawski, Seattle, WA (US);
el-Hadi M. Aggoune, Brier, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Representing vehicles in a customizable virtual environment is disclosed. One embodiment includes a controlled environment including prototype vehicles and a virtual environment including virtual representations of the prototype vehicles. The virtual environment is a display that includes an environment scenario, a number of virtual objects, and the various represented vehicles. The represented vehicles are linked to the prototype vehicles by communicating kinematic data from the prototype vehicles to the virtual vehicles real-time. The positions of the represented vehicles are updated based on the communicated kinematic data such that the virtual environment is a realistic visualization of the prototype vehicles. In addition, the virtual environment is highly customizable. In an embodiment, customizing the virtual environment includes generating reference views for the represented vehicles, editing the environment scenario, editing the virtual objects, editing the represented vehicles, and generating a mission scenario of the reference views.