Method and device for training in the driving of vehicles
AssigneeCodes Rousseau
InventorsBernard Langlais, Christian Saunier
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method and a device for training in the driving of vehicles and especially land vehicles, in which a sequence of images is displayed on a screen placed opposite to a driving station for a trainee driver and is caused to move in accordance with control operations initiated from said driving station. There are thus displayed on the screen both a front main image and at least one rear vision secondary image which is made visible on an associated rear-view mirror provided at the driving station. The main image and the secondary image are synthetic images generated by a computer from a data base containing the description of a three-dimensional road circuit.
Claims13
A driver training method comprising the steps of:
- displaying on a front screen placed opposite to a driving station both a front main image corresponding to a front view of the driver and at least one rear vision secondary image corresponding to a view provided by adjustable rear-view means,
- moving said images in reply to control operations initiated form said driving station, and
- collecting and directing optically said rear vision secondary image from said screen to an adjustable rear-view means provided in said driving station.
A device for training drivers of motor vehicles, comprising:
- at least on image display screen (16) positioned opposite to a driving station having control operations for a trainee driver;
- a computer for generating images from a data base containing the description of a three-dimensional road circuit, the computer including first means for generating a front main image (18) in accordance with the control operations of said driving station, and
- second means for generating a first rear vision secondary image (19) inserted in said front main image on a first portion of said screen (16);
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- first optical means for collecting and reflecting said first secondary image (19) to an associated adjustable rear-view means (2) provided at the driving station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.