Invention Grant
- Patent Title: VR emulator aboard aircraft
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Application No.: US15936894Application Date: 2018-03-27
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Publication No.: US11183077B2Publication Date: 2021-11-23
- Inventor: Jeffrey Paul Nissen , Daniel Brent McCall , Joshua Peter Riccobono
- Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Fort Worth
- Assignee: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
- Current Assignee: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Fort Worth
- Agency: Lightfoot & Alford PLLC
- Main IPC: G09B9/30
- IPC: G09B9/30 ; G09B9/08 ; G02B27/01 ; G06T19/00 ; G09B9/12 ; G09B9/24

Abstract:
Systems and methods include providing a virtual reality (“VR”) flight teleport system that includes a master aircraft and a plurality of remote slave aircraft connected through a network. A flight emulator in the master aircraft allows a user in the master aircraft to “teleport” into a remote slave vehicle in order to observe and/or assume control of the remote slave aircraft. Motion of, orientation of, and/or forces acting on the remote stave vehicle are emulated to the user of the master vehicle through a pilot control interface, a motion-control seat, and a head-mounted display to provide real-time feedback to the user of the master aircraft. Inputs made via the pilot control interface of the flight emulator system in the master aircraft are transferred through the network into the flight control system of the remote slave vehicle to control operation of the remote slave vehicle.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190130782A1 VR EMULATOR ABOARD AIRCRAFT Public/Granted day:2019-05-02
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