Omega simulation
AssigneeThe Singer Company
InventorScott B. Neilson
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Abstract
This invention is a system for teaching the principles of Omega navigation and the operation of Omega receivers, which system comprises a simulation computer that provides to an Omega interface (which acts as an Omega receiver) the appropriate Omega signals to simultaneously represent a plurality of Omega transmitters, and an on-board computer that is stimulated by the formatted output of the Omega interface. A student may enter the location of his vehicle into the on-board computer and observe the positional change of his vehicle as the Omega interface receiver is updated with simulated Omega transmissions.
Claims6
An Omega navigation training system designed to indicate to an operator the position of a simulated vehicle which receives transmissions from simulated Omega stations, said system comprising:
- a. a simulation computer that contains an Omega simulation program generating a plurality of Omega stations, and the functions of the Omega receiver;
- b. an Omega interface coupled to said simulation computer for formatting the outputs of said simulation computer;
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- c. an on-board computer coupled to said Omega interface, said on-board computer processes the formatted simulated Omega navigation information received from said Omega interface and displays said information in the form of updated geographical position of said simulated vehicle.
A simulated Omega interface that receives simulated Omega signals from a simulation computer and processes and transmits said simulated Omega navigational signals to an on-board computer, said system comprising:
- a. a plurality of multiplexers for multiplexing the signal generated by said simulation computer;
- b. an on-board computer coupled to said multiplexers for processing the simulated information;
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- c. timing means coupled to said multiplexers and said on-board computer for controlling the time and transfer of simulated Omega data from said multiplexers to said on-board computer.
A system for simulating an Omega navigation system whch includes a plurality of simulated Omega transmitters each with a different pulse recurrence rate from the others and covering a wide geographical area, said simulation system comprising:
- a. a digital simulation computer for digitally generating the pulses that are produced by a plurality of Omega transmitters;
- b. an Omega interface that receives navigational signals from said simulation computer, said interface processing the positional data received from said simulation computer;
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- c. an on-board computer whose input is coupled to said interface and whose output displays the location of the vehicle whose journey is being simulated.
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