Education and demonstration – Vehicle operator instruction or testing – Flight vehicle
Patent
1989-01-12
1991-09-03
Coven, Edward M.
Education and demonstration
Vehicle operator instruction or testing
Flight vehicle
434 62, 434 65, 434 71, G09B 908
Patent
active
050449567
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method for simulating the forces acting on the steering wheel or other control device of a vehicle. The apparatus uses an electrical motor coupled to a steering wheel in the preferred embodiment. The electrical motor is driven by a computer running software which received data regarding the real world forces which would be acting upon a real steering wheel in a car under similar conditions. A software driver coupled to a position-sensing transducer on the steering wheel calculates the steering wheel position and velocity and sends this data to a model process not forming part of the invention. The model process then calculates the conditions affecting the simulated vehicle and outputs data reflecting the real world forces which would affect the steering wheel of the actual car under similar conditions. This data is used to calculate a force number which in turn drives a driver amplifier and motor combination coupled to the steering wheel of the simulated vehicle to simulate the forces that the driver of a real vehicle would feel.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3220121 (1960-11-01), Cutler
patent: 3517446 (1967-04-01), Corlyon et al.
patent: 4251931 (1981-02-01), McKechnie
patent: 4398889 (1983-08-01), Lam et al.
patent: 4599070 (1986-07-01), Hladkey et al.
patent: 4708656 (1987-11-01), de Vries et al.
Behensky Max L.
Durfey Erik J.
Loper, III Milton H.
Moncrief Rick L.
Atari Games Corporation
Coven Edward M.
Small Dean
LandOfFree
Control device such as a steering wheel for video vehicle simula does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Control device such as a steering wheel for video vehicle simula, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Control device such as a steering wheel for video vehicle simula will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-1005653