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AssigneeCAE Inc.
InventorsChristopher A. Cull, Yves Riel, Pierre Gagnon, Philippe Boisvert, Jean Daigle
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Control panels of a simulated complex system are displayed as a texture mask over a three-dimensional visual representation of an environment in which the complex system is operating. The three-dimensional visual representation is displayed in an inactive window to a user practicing or training on the simulated system. An active window underlying the visual display is used to track user inputs to the control panels. Smart graphics translate the user inputs into data elements that are sent to a full-scope simulation, and simulation conditions are returned and used to update the display of the control panels and the visual representation of the environment.
A system for providing a high-fidelity visual display coordinated with a full-scope simulation of a complex system, the system comprising smart graphics processing adapted to generate a two-dimensional image of displayed control panels of the simulated complex system, the image including embedded smart graphics to permit a user to manipulate virtual controls associated with the displayed control panels, and three-dimensional visuals processing for generating the high fidelity visual display using visual environment data and a texture mask derived from the two-dimensional image, and and a full-scope simulation of the complex simulation, the full-scope simulation being fully coordinated with the high fidelity visual display.
A method of providing training and practice on a simulated complex system for personnel who operate or maintain the complex system, comprising steps of:
A complex system training and practice apparatus, comprising a client computer provisioned with smart graphics processing adapted to generate a two-dimensional image of displayed control panels of the simulated complex system, the image including embedded smart graphics to permit a user to manipulate virtual controls associated with the displayed control panels, and three-dimensional visuals processing for generating the high fidelity visual display using visual environment data combined with the two-dimensional image, and an interface for permitting the client computer to communicate and exchange simulation data with a server computer that operates to simulate the complex system.
A computer readable medium containing computer executable program instructions, comprising:
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