FR2507300A1 - - Google Patents

Abstract

THE SUBJECT OF THE PRESENT INVENTION IS AN APPARATUS WITH SEVERAL INSTRUCTION STATIONS FOR THE TRAINING OF POINTERS AND OR COMMANDERS OF COMBAT VEHICLES. EACH TRAINING STATION SHALL COMPLY WITH THE CORRESPONDING LOCATION IN THE COMBAT VEHICLE AND CONTAINS THE SAME HANDLES OR DRILLS 6, 6, WHILE IN SCOPES 3, 4, 5 RESPECTIVELY APPEARS AN IMAGE PRODUCED ON A MONITOR 19, 20, ON WHICH THE FOLLOWING IMAGES CAN BE SUPERIMPOSED MUTUALLY: A) THE IMAGE OF A LANDSCAPE, WHICH IS STORED IN AN IMAGE MEMORY (PANORAMAS MEMORY) 11 CONSTITUTED FROM PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES, L IMAGE OF THE LANDSCAPE BEING DELACABLE IN A WAY CORRESPONDING TO THE SIMULAR OSCILLATION OR CHANGE OF DIRECTION OF THE WEAPON; B) THE IMAGE OF A TARGET, WHICH IS VISIBLE IN A SECOND MEMORY 14; C) THE IMAGE OF A POINT OF SIGHTING (CROSS-LINK), SO THAT THE IMAGE OF THE TARGET APPEARS INSIDE THE IMAGE OF THE LANDSCAPE AND THE IMAGE OF THE LANDSCAPE MOVES IN JOINT WITH THE IMAGE OF THE LANDSCAPE. THE TARGET, UNDER THE CONTROL OF A CALCULATOR 21, IN RESPONSE TO THE ACTION OF THE POINTING HANDS 24, 25.

Description

The present invention relates to an apparatus with a plurality of

  truction for the formation of pointers and / or vehicle commanders

of fight.

  The individual combat vehicle itself offers little room for the formation of a pointer and a commander, for which the corresponding presence of an instructor is then still necessary.

  However, it is very important, and always again, to practice the maneuvering

  handles or joysticks so that commanders and pointers can

  handle these handles or handles so that no fault can be

to be committed in case of war.

  The object of the invention is to allow this basic training without having to

  use for this purpose the combat vehicle itself and allow simultaneous

  instruction of several subjects to train.

  The aforementioned objective as well as others which will appear better in the following are achieved according to the invention by an apparatus characterized by the fact thateach instruction station is conformed to the corresponding location in the combat vehicle and that contains the same handles or joysticks, while in the riflescopes respectively appear

  an image produced on a monitor, on which can be superimposed

the following images:

  a) the image of a landscape, which is stored in an image memory (me-

  moire panoramas) made from photographic images, the image of

  landscape being movable in a manner corresponding to the oscillation or change

  simulated direction of the weapon; b) the image of a target, which is visible inside the landscape and is stored in a second memory; c) the image of a sighting mark, for example a reticle, so that

  the image of the target appears inside the landscape image and that the

  image of the landscape moves in conjunction with the image of the target, under

  a calculator, in response to the actuation of the joysticks

floor.

  The apparatus of the invention allows both personnel to receive

  see the formation of pointers to the personnel destined to receive the formation of commanders, to maneuver the handles intended for the adjustment of the weapon, -2- while seeing the same movements in their sighting instruments as those

  that they could actually observe in the sighting instruments of the

  battlefield For simple instructional cases, the image of the target can

  to this end, remain fixed within the landscape image.

  truction more advanced, it can however be expected that the image of the target appears to move inside the image of the landscape, under the command

  a calculator To make this image even more faithful to the reality of

  In each case, a corresponding distance can be associated with the stored image points of the target, in which case, in the presence of overlapping image points in the monitor, the image points associated with each other are made visible. The weakest distance is the result of the impression that the image of the target seems to be scrolling in front of the objects of the

  landscape or disappear behind them depending on the distance associated.

  Onboard a combat vehicle is also generally installed a distance measuring instrument, for example a laser range finder, which

  must also be activated when the aiming instrument is pointed at

  To be able to simulate distance measurement and firing in the switchgear, and check whether both have been made with

  correct adjustment, it is furthermore provided according to the invention that, in the case of

  the range finder and the firing trigger, the difference between the posi-

  of the target and the position of the aiming mark shall be evaluated in the

  and when this difference is below a fixed tolerance, a measure of exact distance or a bearing is reported by the calculator. During the operation of the joysticks, including the pointing of the weapon,

  distance measurement and firing, many faults can

to be committed.

  For this reason, it is further provided that the orders and indi-

  errors can be stored in the calculator beforehand to be transmitted to the staff to be instructed by means of a device, or visually by appearance of a text and / or audibly by means of the speech This device can already be used to leave the staff

  to instruct re-exercising to maneuver all the levers to be action-

  until the distance measurement and the triggering of the shot, without the need for the instructor to intervene On the contrary, an order is given

  staff informed by the calculator according to a pre-determined program.

  by the instructor, and the calculator checks to see if the order was correct-

  In the event of an incorrect execution of the order, the calculator

  the error and the subject to be instructed must then repeat the execution of the

  until it is properly performed properly, each

  each of the instruction posts is served individually by the calcula-

  This is so that a subject to be trained, who executes the orders quickly and correctly, can complete the planned training program more quickly than a subject to train who executes the orders slowly or who makes more frequent mistakes.

  To be able to perform this separate instruction according to a com-

  mun, in the apparatus, the image of the landscape is stored in a memory

  common to all the training posts and has been called since

  in an intermediate memory, for each image section required in an individual monitor to be sent to said monitor after the addition of the target image and the aiming reference.

  that each subject to be trained sees in his sighting instrument the section of the

  landscape that corresponds to the setting he has made, so that the commander and the pointer also observe from the same training post, images of different landscapes when they have adjusted their

sighting instruments.

  All these processes are done without instructor intervention. For the instructor to monitor the training, it is intended for himself.

  a location from which he can observe current operations

  instructions, on monitors on which he can call the images

  control stations For this purpose, the equipment for the instru-

  The number of instruction posts can be set as much according to the size of the required picture memories and the calculator.

  according to the requirements imposed on the instructor.

  Other features and advantages of the invention will emerge more

  clearly on reading the following description of an example of reali-

  Apparatus of an apparatus of said invention, indicative, but not limiting, with reference to the accompanying drawings in which: Figure 1 shows an instruction station for a commander and a pointer; Figure 2 shows a simplified block diagram of the apparatus construction.

  Referring to Figure 1, it can be seen that the training station re-

  presented is the intended location for a commander and a pointer in a combat vehicle. It essentially contains seat 1 for the pointer, seat 2 for the commander, sighting instruments 3, 4 for the pointer, periscope 5 for the commander, the service levers 6 for the pointer and the service handle 7 for the commander In the sighting instruments, the subjects to be trained see the images of the monitor, which undergo variations in the same way as the variations. images of sighting instruments in the battle tank, when these instruments are oscillated to change their direction. In Figure 2 are shown, in addition to the devices common to the multiple instruction stations, that the devices provided for a single position

  instructions and only the connections to the

  remaining truction The panorama image is stored numerically in the

  1, so that each image point also contains, in addition to the clarity information, distance information. The stored image may be an image that is digitally composed and recorded from several superimposed photographs, so that the reproduction of

  partial images is carried out with sequences without apparent delimitations.

your.

  However, it is also possible to memorize a thermal image taken using

  infrared radiation, in which case the staff to be trained

  the same picture as in night driving with

  infrared The image memory 11 is explored in each case in the interval

  the 20 milliseconds from the image memory, respectively called

  a partial image that corresponds to the adjustment of the aiming

  by the joystick 24 or 25, to enter it in the international

  12 and 13 During the deviation of the joystick, the memo-

  res 12 and 13 are reloaded from the image memory 11 in parts

  images that correspond to the deviation made in another memory.

  intermediate 14, is introduced, from a calculator 21, the image of a target that can be fixed or mobile according to the planned program It can also be expected that several target images can be incorporated, in which case two images in general are sufficient Targeting markers

  are extracted from a third intermediate memory 15, 16 respectively.

  their stored in these intermediate memories are then added together

  converters 17, 18 converted from digital signals to analog signals

  logical and sent to the monitors 19 and 20 The subject to be trained thus sees in his instrument of sight the landscape corresponding entirely to the reality, the

  reticle and the target, as long as a target is predetermined by the

  and that such a target is in the image section, which appears precisely on the monitor As in case of combat, the subject to be formed can thus explore the landscape by oscillation of the sighting instrument until

  that it notices a target The position of the aiming mark is returned to

  in the calculator, so that in the calculator a comparison can be made to determine if the position of the aiming mark

  corresponds to the registered location of the target, in which case

  There may be predictions regarding the permissible deviation between the aiming direction and the direction of the target. All workstations are connected to image memory 11 and calculator 21.

  considered in the case shown in Figure 2 to the calculation

  latrice 21 is further connected for each instruction station an instrument 23 which provides staff to train, either visually in the form of a text

  or with the help of speech, the orders stored in the calcula-

  trice or the indications of faults, also stored in that calculation.

  Through an instrument 22, the instruction programs,

  in each case desired by the instructor, can be introduced into the

culatrice 21.

  With the apparatus of the invention, it is also possible to ensure the formation of

  of single pointers and commanders in isolation, that of pointers

  at the same time in the course of joint work.

may take place as follows:

  Staff to be trained, whether pointers or commanders,

  First of all, from the calculator, the instructions in the program about the operating levers they have to operate. When the order is correctly executed, the calculator then provides the following order. has not been correctly executed, for example in case of actuation of an incorrect operating lever or the correct operating lever but in a wrong direction, the calculator calls the attention of the staff to train on the

  fault, for example in a form such as to appear in the text "leverage er-

  "or" wrong direction of rotation "or that a corresponding communication is delivered orally The subject to be formed must then repeat the execution of

  the order until it is exact and the following order is given When

  that this preliminary part of the program is finished, the order can then be given to the subject to form to bring the aiming instrument, whose position corresponds effectively to the position of the weapon in the tank of combat, in

  a determined direction and observe if he discovers in the landscape appear-

  In the aiming instrument, a target on which it can then adjust the weapon The following stages of the training then consist for the subject to be formed, once the latter has adjusted the aiming instrument on the target, to maneuver the rangefinder If the target has been correctly adjusted, the distance from

  the target in the calculator is then correctly indicated, tan-

  say that for larger pointing errors, the calculator has the effect of -6- calculating a different distance depending on the pointing error When firing is triggered, the calculator also checks whether the target and the aiming mark If this is the case, a shot at the goal is indicated, for example by a lightning flashing in the monitor or similar The target continues to move, whether the shots actually carried or not, according to the program introduced in the calculator, so that the staff to be trained can trigger several

shots on the target.

  All processes can be edited, so that at the end of the exercise

  each subject to be trained has a protocol according to which one can see his speed of maneuver, the number and the nature of the faults which he has committed,

  the number of shots he fired and how many shots hit the

  The location of the instructor contains multiple monitors and other

  optical and acoustic display instruments, by means of which the instruc-

  may follow the conduct of the exercise at the instruction posts indicated

  viduels The instructor provides the starting signal, observes the progress of the exercise and can possibly intervene in this course to provide assistance in the correction of the maneuvers performed by the individual subjects to be trained. In the foregoing, we had to limit ourselves to describing the course of a

  training session only in an indicative and schematic way, it is always

  it is obvious that the apparatus of the invention allows a regular training

  progressively to the instructions necessary to achieve cooperation

  between a commander and a pointer in the complicated missions in which appear different targets to fight, the results obtained always being recorded in a protocol Moreover, the apparatus of

  the invention offers the possibility of frequently repeating, at will, a program

  determined me until no more fault is committed.

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Claims (9)

  1. Apparatus with a plurality of training stations for the training of pointers and / or combat vehicle commanders, characterized in that each training station is in accordance with the corresponding location in   the combat vehicle and that it contains the same handles or joysticks   (6,7), whereas in the riflescope (3,4,5) there is an image produced on a monitor (19,20), on which the following images can be superimposed: a) l image of a landscape, which is stored in an image memory   (panorama memory) (11) constituted from photographic images   the image of the landscape being movable correspondingly   simulated oscillation or direction of movement of the   me; b) the image of a target, which is visible in a second memory (14, c) the image of a sighting mark (reticle), so that the image of the target appears within the image of the landscape and that   the image of the landscape moves in conjunction with the image of the   wheat, under the control of a calculator (21), in response with   actuating the joysticks (24,25).   2. Apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the image of the target appears to move within the landscape image   controlled by the calculator (21).   Apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the distances are associated with the stored image points of the landscape and the target and that in the monitor (19, 20) are readable in each case, in the presence of overlapping image points, the image points to which   is associated the weakest distance.   4. Apparatus according to any of claims 1 to 3, characterized   by the fact that when the range finder and the firing trigger are actuated, the difference between the position of the target and the position of the aiming mark is evaluated in the calculator (21) and that, when this difference is located in below a fixed tolerance, a correct distance measurement   or a hit on the goal, is reported by the calculator (21).   5. Apparatus according to claim 4, characterized in that   the calculated results are stored.   Apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized   characterized by the fact that the orders and the indications of possible faults are stored in the calculator (21) and are transmitted to the personnel to be formed by means of an instrument (23) visually, by appearance of a   text, and / or audibly, by means of speech.   Apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized   by the fact that the landscape image is stored in a memory of i-   mage (11) common to all the instruction stations, from which is called in an intermediate memory (12,13) the image section necessary for each individual monitor (19,20) to be sent from said intermediate memory, after addition of the image of the target and the reference of aimed at the monitor (19,20).   8. Apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized   terized by the fact that it is intended for the instructor a location or post   from which he can observe the processes taking place at the instruc-   on monitors on which he can call the control images of- so-called instructional posts.   9. Apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized   rised by the fact that each unit intended for the instruction of pointers and   commanders contains respectively 6 to 8 instruction posts.