Display system
OwnerKeith David STICKELSinventor
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Abstract
A display system for displaying a layout of controls in a simulator including at least one of an information display, a switch such as a toggle or push-button switch, and a monitoring device such as an indicator, or a gauge, for a vehicle, the display system including a touch sensitive screen which is generally transparent over a significant portion of its area, and a plurality of projectors which project onto a back of the screen, images of the vehicle controls, the projectors each being operatively connected to a computer controller which responds to the front of the screen being touched where a depicted control is displayed, to change the display in a manner to mimic the result of a corresponding actual vehicle control being operated.
Claims6
A control apparatus for a vehicle, the vehicle including a plurality of controllable actuators, the control apparatus comprising:
- a display system for displaying a layout of controls including at least one of an information display, a switch, and a monitoring device, the display system including a touch sensitive screen;
- and
- a computer controller which controls the display system and which responds to the front of the screen being touched where a depicted control is displayed, to provide a signal which is used to operate a vehicle controllable actuator;
- wherein the display system displays the images of the controls in different positions for different vehicle operators, and wherein the computer controller recognizing the identity of a particular operator who will control the vehicle.
A vehicle comprising:
- a plurality of controllable actuators;
- and
- a control apparatus for the controllable actuators, the control apparatus including
- a display system for displaying a layout of controls including at least one of an information display, a switch, and a monitoring device, the display system including a touch sensitive screen,
- a computer controller which controls the display system and which responds to the front of the screen being touched where a depicted control is displayed, to provide a signal which is used to operate a vehicle controllable actuator,
- wherein the display system displays the images of the controls in different positions for different vehicle operators, and wherein the computer controller recognizes the identity of a particular operator who will control the vehicle.
A method of controlling a vehicle in which the vehicle includes a plurality of actuators to be controlled, the method comprising the steps of:
- displaying a layout of controls, including at least one of an information display, a switch, and a monitoring device, on a touch sensitive screen;
- controlling of the displayed layout with a computer controller which responds to the front of the screen being touched where a depicted control is displayed, to provide a signal which is used to operate a vehicle actuator;
- identifying a controller who is to operate the vehicle;
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- displaying the layout of the controls in positions on the screen depending upon the identity of the vehicle controller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.