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US 2019/0295432 A1Published application
Portable, modular, air traffic control simulator
AssigneeAdacel Systems, Inc.
InventorsMichael Joseph Brady, Kevin Neil Pickett
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Abstract
An air traffic control (ATC) simulator includes a plurality of rolling carts each supporting at least one visual display thereabove. The rolling carts are configured to store the visual displays therein for storage and transport. The carts also include computer hardware configured with software to drive the visual displays to display a panoramic view of an airport across the visual displays. The ATC simulator can be stored within two or more rolling carts for transport to and from any desired location. Once in a desired location, the visual displays are removed from the carts and set up thereabove. Data connections are made between each of the carts, power is supplied to the carts, and the ATC simulator is ready for use.
Claims22
An air traffic control (ATC simulator comprising:
- a first rolling cart including:
- a first cart body supported by a first cart plurality of wheels, the first cart body having a first cart top surface and defining a first cart interior therebelow;
- at least one first cart mounting attachment extending above the first cart top surface;
- a first cart pair of visual displays connected to the at least one first cart mounting attachment above the first cart top surface, the first cart pair of visual displays being removable from the at least one first cart mounting attachment for storage in the first cart interior;
- at least one first cart console display placed on the first cart top surface and removable therefrom for storage in the first cart interior with the first cart pair of visual displays, the at least one first cart console display being smaller than each of the first cart pair of visual displays;
- a first cart graphics driver module arranged in the first cart interior and connected to the first cart pair of visual displays;
- a first cart computer module arranged in the first cart interior and connected to the at least one first cart console display;
- a first cart network switch arranged in the first cart interior in signal communication with the first cart graphics driver module and the first cart computer module;
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- a first cart power module connected to the first cart pair of visual displays, the at least one first cart console display, the first cart graphics driver module, the first cart computer module and the first cart network switch, the first cart power module being connectable to external power;
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- a second rolling cart including:
- a second cart body supported by a second cart plurality of wheels, the second cart body having a second cart top surface and defining a second cart interior therebelow;
- at least one second cart mounting attachment extending above the second cart top surface;
- a second cart pair of visual displays connected to the at least one second cart mounting attachment above the second cart top surface, the second cart pair of visual displays being removable from the at least one second cart mounting attachment for storage in the second cart interior;
- at least one second console display placed on the second cart top surface and removable therefrom for storage in the second cart interior with the second cart pair of visual displays, the at least one second cart console display being smaller than each of the second cart pair of visual displays;
- a second cart graphics driver module arranged in the second cart interior and connected to the second cart pair of visual displays;
- a second cart computer module arranged in the second cart interior and connected to the at least one second cart console display;
- a second cart network switch arranged in the second cart interior in signal communication with the second cart graphics driver module and the second cart computer module;
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- a second cart power module connected to the second cart pair of visual displays, the at least one second cart console display, the second cart graphics driver module, the second cart computer module and the second cart network switch, the second cart power module being connectable to external power;
- wherein the first and second cart mounting attachments are arranged so that the first and second cart pairs of visual displays collectively form a panoramic display, the first and second cart network switches are in signal communication and both the first and second cart computer console are independently configured to drive the first and second cart pairs of visual displays using the first and second cart graphics drivers modules through the first and second cart network switches to display a simulated airport on the panoramic display.
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A method of using an air traffic control (ATC) simulator, the method comprising:
- transporting at least two rolling carts to a desired location;
- removing a plurality of visual displays from interiors of the at least two rolling carts and mounting the plurality of visual displays above top surfaces thereof;
- arranging the plurality of visual displays adjacently such that the plurality of visual displays collectively form a panoramic display;
- removing at least one console display from the interior of at least one of the at least two rolling carts and placing the at least one console display on the top surface thereof;
- connecting power modules of the at least two rolling carts to external power;
- connecting respective network switches of the at least two rolling carts;
- powering up electronic components of the at least two rolling carts, including the plurality of visual displays and at least one console display, from the power modules;
- detecting a configuration of the ATC simulator from a controlling computer module in one of the at least two rolling carts;
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- driving the plurality of visual displays from respective graphics drivers modules in the at least two rolling carts from the controlling computer module via the respective network switches in the at least two rolling carts to display a simulated airport on the panoramic display;
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- running an ATC simulation utilizing the simulated airport.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.