JPH0887232A - Device for displaying simulated field of view of steering simulator - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a simulated field of view display device for a steering simulator without mounting a navigation instrument, etc., and capable of confirming the navigation instrument when steering simulation is performed. CONSTITUTION: In a display device for the steering simulator display a simulated field of view video from an operator, operating a speed setting device 8 and a course setting device 7 and manipulating a ship, this device is provided with a data base 16 storing the simulated field of view data, etc., a simulated view field video generation part 1 inputting the simulated field of view data and generating the simulated field of view video by manipulating the speed setting device 8 and the course setting device 7, a sailing instrument display generation part 2 generating own ship information based on the steering and a video synthesis part 4 synthesizing the simulated field of view video with its own ship information.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a display device for a marine vessel maneuvering simulator, and more particularly to a simulated visual field display device for a marine vessel manipulating simulator capable of displaying navigational instruments.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a device for creating an environment close to an actual ship on land to perform ship maneuvering, it includes a full-size simulated bridge that simulates a bridge of the actual ship and a display device that projects a simulated field of view in front of the simulated bridge. A ship-handling simulator is known.

Inside the simulated bridge, the same main engine remote control device, steering device, radar repeater, etc. Equipped with various types of navigational instruments, etc. While maintaining communication with each other, a plurality of operators who board the simulated bridge carry out operations such as navigational instrumentation, radar, etc., to judge the operation environment, watch, control the main engine and steer, and conduct ship operation training. During the training, the display provided in front of the simulated bridge shows the scenery of the bay port and the simulated field of view of other ships, and the speakers installed in various places in the simulated bridge show engine sound and environmental sound.
(Sounds of waves, wind noises, etc.), whistle, fog whistle, etc. of own ship / other ship are emitted, giving the operator a realistic sensation as if they were sailing at sea.

[0004]

However, the conventional marine vessel maneuvering simulator is, so to speak, a full-size system equipped with a simulated full-scale bridge for the purpose of team training of operators. For this reason, nautical instruments and the like are provided in the same manner as on an actual ship, and the scale is too large, which is not preferable in terms of function and price.

An object of the present invention is to provide a simulated field-of-view display device for a marine vessel maneuvering simulator, which is capable of confirming a marine vessel instrumentation instrument during a ship maneuvering simulation without equipping a navigational instrument.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention of claim 1 displays a simulated visual field image from a ship to be operated and operates the speed setting device and the course setting device to operate the ship. In the display device of the ship maneuvering simulator that steers
A database that stores simulated visual field data, etc., and simulated visual field data is input, and a simulated visual field image generation unit that generates a simulated visual field by operating the speed setting device and the course setting device, and own ship information based on the maneuvering A simulated field-of-view display device for a marine vessel maneuvering simulator, comprising: a navigation instrument display generation unit that generates the image; and a video synthesis unit that synthesizes the simulated field-of-view image and own ship information.

According to the second aspect of the invention, the nautical instrument display generation unit stores own ship information such as ship speed, rudder angle, turning angular velocity, spindle rotational speed, compass bearing, etc., and displays these information as an image of the instrument. It is a simulated visual field display device of the ship handling simulator according to claim 1.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the simulated field of view such as daytime and nighttime is stored in the database as simulated field of view data, and the simulated field-of-view image generating section generates simulated field-of-view video during daytime and nighttime. Is a simulated visual field display device of the ship maneuvering simulator.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the database, other ship information such as nautical chart information and radar chart is stored and displayed together with the simulated visual field data via the simulated visual field image generating section. It is a simulated view display device.

According to the invention of claim 5, the database stores data of a three-dimensional model of a ship, a light beacon, and a light buoy.
2. These are displayed via a simulated view image generation unit.
It is a simulated field-of-view display device of the described ship-handling simulator.

[0011]

According to the above construction, by displaying the navigational instrument, the nautical chart and the like on the image of the simulated field of view, it is possible to simulate the marine vessel maneuvering without equipping the actual instrument. Also, by displaying a three-dimensional model of a ship, a light target, and a light buoy in the simulated field of view, it can be used as a CAI-like teaching material.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a display device of a ship-handling simulator according to this embodiment.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 is a simulated visual field image generation unit, and 2
Is a navigation instrument display generation unit, 3 is a main calculation control unit, 4 is an image synthesis unit, 5 is a simulated visual field image display device, 6 is a display selection switch, 7 is a course setting device (steering handle), 8 is a speed setting device, 9 is a video signal, 10 is a compass display video signal, 1
1 is a navigation instrument display video signal, 12 is a steering signal, 13 is a speed setting signal, 14 is own ship / other ship information signal, 15 is instrument information, 16 is a database, 17 is a database control signal and data, 18 is a simulated sound A generating device, 19 is a speaker, 20 is voice information of the own ship and other ships, and 21 is an acoustic signal.

The main calculation control device 3 fetches the data of the database 16 from the database 16 via the database control signal and the data 17, and the steering signal 12 from the course setting device 7 and the speed setting signal 13 of the speed setting device 8.
Position calculation, motion calculation, etc., to calculate the navigation data such as the position, direction, speed, acceleration, etc. of the ship in the training area in real time, and the navigation data (position, direction, etc. of the ship) Own ship and other ship information signal 1
4 is sent to the simulated visual field image generation unit 1. The simulated field-of-view image generation unit 1 determines, from the own-ship and other-ship information signal 14, a simulated field of view including the bow ahead of the bridge of the own ship at a predetermined viewing angle (horizontal direction 60).
, 40 degrees in the vertical direction) and is displayed on the simulated visual field image display device 5 via the image synthesizing unit 4.

Further, the main calculation control device 3 sends instrument information 15 as the own vessel information such as the position, azimuth, speed and rotational angular velocity of the own vessel based on the calculated navigation data to the navigation instrument display generating section 2. The navigation instrument display generation unit 2 outputs the navigation instrument display video signal 11 of the own ship information (ship rudder angle, turning angular velocity, spindle rotation speed, CPP wing angle, etc.) to the video synthesis unit 4 via the display selection switch 6. In addition, the compass display video signal 10 such as the compass direction is output to the video synthesizing unit 4 via the display selection switch 6.

The simulated sound generator 18 receives the sound information 20 of the own ship and the other ship from the main calculation control device 3, and receives internal environmental sound (engine sound), external environmental sound (wind noise, wave sound, etc.), etc. An acoustic signal 21 such as a whistle of a ship is generated and output to the speaker 19.

In the database 16, nautical chart information and a simulated visual field image based on the position of the ship on the nautical chart are generated, and the simulated visual field image is image data at daytime, dusk, and night, wind direction, wind speed, and flow direction of the ship. External environment information such as flow velocity and other ship information (radar diagram, ARPA information, etc.) are stored, and data for use as various CAI-like teaching materials for learning at sea are also stored.

As data for this education, ships,
3D models of lights, buoys, etc., as well as graphic / acoustic data of figurative objects and sound / emission signals based on the method of preventing collision at sea
For example, presentation function data for recognizing various patterns such as lights of ships, signal lights, flag signals, lights, buoys, etc. are stored, and when the simulation is offline, the simulated visual field image generation unit 1 causes the display device 5 to display. Made to be able to display.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

When operating a ship, first, various conditions such as a training scenario and environmental conditions are set. Although not shown, these condition settings are performed by a key input or an operation unit such as a touch panel.

When the marine vessel maneuvering is started, the simulated visual field image generation unit 1 receives a command from the main calculation control unit 3 and, as shown in FIG. The simulated visual field image 25 including M is displayed. At this time, when the navigation selection display video signal 11 is selected by the operation section or the like by the display selection switch 6 to be input to the video composition section 4, the ship speed steering angle, turning angular velocity, and spindle produced by the navigation instrument display generation section 2 are selected. Rotation speed, CPP blade angle, wind vane, rudder angle meter,
A nautical instrument 26 such as a clock is displayed over the simulated visual field image 25. Also, turn on the other display selection switch 6
Then, when the compass display video signal 10 is input to the video synthesizing unit 4, as shown in FIG. 3, the gyro compass 27 is displayed on the horizontal line of the simulated visual field image, and the azimuth can be known by using the front mast M as a guide. Further, the display of the nautical chart 28 currently being navigated is displayed in the lower right part of the screen 5a, and at the same time, the nautical track 29 that has been operated until then is displayed on the nautical chart 28.

In this way, the operator operates the course setting device 7 and the speed setting device 8 while looking at the simulated visual field image 25, the navigation instrument 26, the gyro compass 27, and the nautical chart 28 displayed on the screen 5a. , Go on a simulated voyage. By this simulated voyage, the operator can see the bow S and the simulated visual field image 25.
Learn the ship maneuvering experientially from the movement of the ship and conduct training to improve the maneuvering skill.

As described above, in the present embodiment, by displaying the navigational instrument 26 on the simulated visual field image 25 of the display device 5 in a superimposed manner, the marine vessel maneuvering simulation can be performed without equipping the actual instrument.

Next, when using this ship maneuvering simulator as a CAI-like teaching material, information on the data base 16 is retrieved by the operation unit, and a stereoscopic image of the ship 40 is displayed on the screen 5a as a three-dimensional model as shown in FIG. 4, for example. The image of the ship 40 is displayed 360 degrees around the axis 41.
At this time, the navigation state of the vessel is learned from the mounting position and color (red, green, white) of the navigation light 42 mounted on the vessel 40, and the flag signal is decoded from the presentation state of the flag flag 43. Learn.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, a three-dimensional model of the lamp buoy 45 is displayed, and the meaning of the lamp buoy 45 is learned from the lighting pattern defined by the shape and regulations such as the head mark 46 and the colors of various lamp qualities.

The information on these vessels 40 and light buoys 45 is
It is also possible to display it as a light buoy on another ship or a voyage in the simulated field of view image and use it as a CAI-like teaching material at the same time as maneuvering.

Although not shown in the figure, the speaker 1
It is also possible to learn by generating a horn or a whistle from 9.

[0029]

In summary, according to the present invention, by displaying a navigation instrument, a nautical chart, etc. by superimposing it on the image of the simulated field of view,
Simulation of ship handling can be performed without equipping with actual instruments. In addition, by displaying a three-dimensional model of a ship, a light target, and a light buoy in the simulated field of view, it is possible to perform education using CAI-like teaching materials.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a display device of a ship handling simulator according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a simulated visual field image displayed on a display device in the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a simulated field-of-view video image also displayed on the display device.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a three-dimensional model of a ship according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a three-dimensional model of a light buoy in the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 simulated view image generation unit 2 navigation instrument display generation unit 3 main calculation control unit 4 image synthesis unit 5 simulated view image display device 7 course setting device 8 speed setting device 16 database 25 simulated view image 26 navigation instrument (own ship information) 27 Gyro compass (own ship information)

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Takeshi Nakanishi 2-1-1 Toyosu, Koto-ku, Tokyo Ishikawajima Harima Heavy Industries Ltd. Tokyo No. 1 Factory

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A database for storing simulated visual field data and the like in a display device of a ship-handling simulator that displays a simulated visual field image from an operator and operates a speed setting device and a course setting device to steer the ship. The field-of-view data is input, a simulated field-of-view image generation unit that generates a simulated field of view by operating the speed setting device and the course setting device, a navigation instrument display generation unit that generates own ship information based on the maneuvering of the ship, and the simulated field of view. A simulated field-of-view display device for a ship-handling simulator, comprising: a video synthesizing unit for synthesizing a video image and own ship information. 2. The navigation instrument display generation unit stores own ship information such as ship speed, rudder angle, turning angular velocity, main shaft rotation speed, compass bearing, etc., and displays this information as an image of the instrument. Simulated field-of-view display device for ship-handling simulator. 3. The simulation of the marine vessel maneuvering simulator according to claim 1, wherein the database stores simulated visual fields such as daytime and nighttime as simulated visual field data, and the simulated visual field image generation unit generates simulated visual field images during daytime and nighttime. Visibility display device. 4. The simulated field-of-view display device for a marine vessel maneuvering simulator according to claim 1, wherein the database stores other ship information such as nautical chart information and radar charts, and displays them together with the simulated field-of-view data via a simulated field-of-view image generation unit. 5. The simulated field-of-view display device for a marine vessel maneuvering simulator according to claim 1, wherein data of a three-dimensional model of a ship, a light target, and a light buoy is stored in the database, and these are displayed via a simulated field-of-view image generation unit.