Three-dimensional system for UUV performance
AssigneeL3Harris Technologies, Inc.
InventorsHunter C. Brown, Cagdas Altin
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Abstract
A vehicle test system is illustrated. The vehicle test system includes a vehicle simulator comprising hardware from a vehicle to be tested. The test system further includes a controller coupled to the vehicle simulator configured to control the vehicle simulator. The test system further includes a 3D environmental simulator coupled to the vehicle simulator, wherein the 3D environmental simulator is configured simulate a 3D environment and movement of a vehicle simulated by the vehicle simulator in the 3D environment based on control inputs to devices for the vehicle simulator.
Claims20
A vehicle test system comprising:
- a vehicle simulator comprising hardware from a vehicle to be tested;
- a controller coupled to the vehicle simulator configured to provide control inputs to devices for the vehicle simulator;
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- a 3D environmental simulator coupled to the vehicle simulator, wherein the 3D environmental simulator is configured to simulate and display a virtual 3D environment painted with real world data and to simulate and display movement of a virtual vehicle simulated by the vehicle simulator in the virtual 3D environment, including at least one of speed of a vehicle with reference to a sea bottom or height from a sea bottom, based on control inputs to devices for the vehicle simulator from the controller to the vehicle simulator, wherein the controller is configured to provide control data comprising a sequence of user input commands previously gathered from a vehicle in a real-world environment, in time stamped data to perform a sequential simulation in an ordered fashion according to the time stamped data, to the vehicle simulator.
A method for creating three-dimensional simulations of unmanned undersea vehicles comprising:
- at a vehicle simulator comprising hardware from a vehicle to be tested, receiving control inputs, from a controller coupled to the vehicle simulator, to provide control inputs to devices for the vehicle simulator, wherein the controller provides control data comprising a sequence of user input commands previously gathered from a vehicle in a real-world environment, in time stamped data to perform a sequential simulation in an ordered fashion according to the time stamped data to the vehicle simulator;
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- at a 3D environmental simulator coupled to the vehicle simulator, simulating and displaying a virtual 3D environment painted with real world data and simulating and displaying movement of a virtual vehicle simulated by the vehicle simulator in the virtual 3D environment, including at least one of speed of a vehicle with reference to a sea bottom or height from a sea bottom, based on using the control data for the vehicle simulator and outputs from the vehicle simulator.
A method of manufacturing a vehicle test system, the method comprising:
- coupling a vehicle simulator, including hardware from a vehicle to be tested to a controller where the controller is configured to provide control inputs to devices for the vehicle simulator;
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- coupling a 3D environmental simulator to the vehicle simulator, wherein the 3D environmental simulator is configured to simulate and display a virtual 3D environment painted with real world data and to simulate and display movement of a virtual vehicle simulated by the vehicle simulator in the virtual 3D environment, including at least one of speed of a vehicle with reference to a sea bottom or height from a sea bottom, based on control inputs to devices for the vehicle simulator from the controller to the vehicle simulator, wherein the controller is configured to provide control data comprising a sequence of user input commands previously gathered from a vehicle in a real-world environment, in time stamped data to perform a sequential simulation in an ordered fashion according to the time stamped data, to the vehicle simulator.
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