JP7312125B2 - shooting training system - Google Patents

Description

The present disclosure relates to shooting training systems, and is applicable, for example, to shooting training systems that use laser beams that simulate live ammunition and live ammunition.

2. Description of the Related Art There are shooting training systems that perform live bullet shooting training in which bullets are fired at a target, or simulated bullet shooting training in which a light beam such as a laser beam that imitates a live bullet is irradiated. The shooting training system consists of manual control in which the operator of the operation terminal sequentially sends control commands to the target, and control commands in patterns (also called scenarios) predetermined by the operator automatically during a limited training time. Shooting training can be carried out by schedule control (also called scenario control) transmitted from the operation terminal.

JP 2006-258392 A

The inventors have studied the usability of the control program executed by the operation terminal of the shooting training system. As a result, it was found that there are the following problems.
1) It is difficult to accurately grasp the placement status of targets placed in the training ground.
2) In schedule control, it is difficult to create training data.
3) In schedule control, it is difficult to control a target corresponding to shooting results.

An object of the present disclosure is to provide a technology capable of improving usability of a control program for a shooting training system.

Other problems and novel features will become apparent from the description of the specification and the accompanying drawings.

A brief outline of a representative one of the present disclosure is as follows.

A shooting training system according to one embodiment includes a plurality of targets arranged in a training field, and an operation terminal having a display device. Each of the plurality of targets is enabled to obtain position information, including latitude and longitude, from satellites. The operation terminal displays the arrangement state of the plurality of targets in the training field on the display device based on the position information of the plurality of targets.

According to the above embodiment, it is possible to improve usability of the control program of the shooting training system.

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining the shooting training system according to the first embodiment. FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining an operation screen of the operation terminal according to the first embodiment; FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the arrangement of target icons. FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a target latitude and longitude information acquisition and confirmation screen. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a target placement screen on which a placement image of targets placed in the training ground of FIG. 1 is displayed. FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining a scenario input screen according to the second embodiment. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a list of scenarios. FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining the schedule screen. FIG. 9 is a diagram explaining shooting training using a plurality of targets according to the third embodiment. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing training data for schedule control to which conditions at the time of schedule execution are added. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the execution flow of the training data of FIG. FIG. 12 is a diagram for explaining a scenario input screen provided with an execution condition input area and a jump destination input area.

Each embodiment will be described below with reference to the drawings. However, in the following description, the same components may be denoted by the same reference numerals, and repeated descriptions may be omitted. In addition, in order to clarify the description, the drawings may be represented schematically as compared with actual embodiments, but they are only examples and do not limit the interpretation of the present invention.

First, the problem will be explained.

1) In the shooting training system, when multiple targets are placed in the training field, the operator of the shooting training system visually confirms each target, and on the screen of the operation terminal, each target is placed in a training area that simulates the training field. By arranging icons imitating targets, the placement of all targets in the training area was created.

The target placement screen on the operation terminal does not have a function to show scale or position information, and the data that serves as a reference for the operator of the operation terminal to place the target icon in the training area is not shown. . In addition, when the target is placed, the coordinates of the target on the screen held by the software (control program) are not displayed to the user. It was not possible to accurately grasp the placement of multiple targets in

2) Schedule control has the advantage that the same schedule can be used repeatedly in shooting training from a fixed position, and training can be easily performed under the same conditions. However, there is a problem that it is difficult for a user of the shooting training system to create schedule control training data itself. A shooting training system may be provided with a function to automatically generate training data. The automatic generation of training data is a function that saves the user the trouble of creating it, and in many cases random numbers are used to create variations in the training data. However, when applied to shooting training, there are cases where training data that is completely different from what the user desires is created, even if variations are evenly applied everywhere. In addition, the shooting training system is not specialized for a specific shooting system, but allows users to create training data for various purposes such as initial training, skill testing, simulation training, etc. It is designed to correspond to Therefore, even if it can be automatically generated for one training, it may not be usable for other training.

3) In addition, in schedule control, since the target control contents are created in advance as a schedule, the target is controlled according to the schedule regardless of the shooting result, so the target cannot be controlled according to the training situation. , can only do formal training. Also, there is no problem when using only one target, but when training with multiple targets (such as shooting while moving), target control according to the state of impact on the target cannot be executed. I had a problem.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram for explaining the shooting training system according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the shooting training system 100 includes a training field 101 of several kilometers square, a plurality of targets 102 arranged in the exercise field or training field 101, an access point 106 which is a relay device, an operation terminal 107, and the like. including. The operation terminal 107 executes a control program for generalizing and controlling the shooting training system 100 as a whole.

The shooting training system 100 has a plurality of targets 102 simulating a plurality of shooting targets in shooting training using laser light irradiation by training equipment imitating firearms or original firearms and live ammunition. The shooting training system 100 is controllable by signals that remotely transmit actions, such as obscurity, to multiple targets 102 . The shooting training system 100 includes manual control in which the operator of the operation terminal 107 sequentially transmits control commands to the target 102, and control commands in patterns (also called scenarios) predetermined by the operator during a limited training time. It has a function of performing shooting training by schedule control (also called scenario control) for automatically transmitting data from the operation terminal 107 to the target 102 . The shooting training system 100 also has a function of confirming the placement state (also referred to as a placement image) of a plurality of targets 102 placed in the training field 101, and visually displaying the presence or absence of impact during training, It has a function of summarizing, displaying, and printing the impact positions and impact times of laser beams or actual bullets that have impacted 102 .

Each of the targets 102 has a GPS antenna 103 for communicating with GPS (Global Positioning System) satellites 105 and a radio antenna 104 for transmitting to and receiving from an access point 106 that relays radio links. An operation terminal 107 is installed in the training field 101 , and the operation terminal 107 has a wireless antenna 108 like each target 102 and is configured to be able to transmit and receive to/from an access point 106 .

The communication flow will be described using the upper left target 102 as an example. First, a command for acquiring GPS information is transmitted from the operation terminal 107 to the wireless antenna 104 of the target 102 via the access point 106 . Next, the target 102 acquires the GPS position information by requesting the GPS position information from the GPS satellites 105, and stores the latitude and longitude information values related to the acquired GPS position information in the transmission protocol. Furthermore, the target 102 transmits GPS position information to the operation terminal 107 from the wireless antenna 104 via the access point 106 using a transmission protocol. The operation terminal 107 that has received the GPS position information is configured to be able to display the GPS position information as a GPS information screen on the screen of the display device 107d of the operation terminal 107 .

Here, the GPS information screen displayed on the screen of the display device 107d of the operation terminal 107 is the same as the GPS information screen 401 shown in FIG. 4, which will be described later. In this example, GPS position information is displayed as latitude and longitude on the GPS information screen 401, and at the same time, on the computer of the operation terminal 107, values obtained by converting the latitude and longitude as relative coordinates of the training ground 101 are displayed on the screen. It is configured so that it can be displayed in the layout information area 404 (see FIG. 4). Also, by clicking (pressing) the reflect button 405 (see FIG. 4), the screen transitions to the target layout screen 200 shown in FIG. It is transmitted to the target placement screen 200 and the values of the screen placement information area 404 are reflected on the target placement screen 200 . As a result, the actual position of the target 102 can be displayed at the relatively converted position in the display area 201 of the training field 101 in the target placement screen 200 .

In this example, an example of acquiring the position information of one target 102 was shown, but it is also possible to perform processing of acquiring the position information of a plurality of targets 102 all at once.

Screens displayed on the display device 107d of the operation terminal 107 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 5. FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining an operation screen of the operation terminal according to the first embodiment; FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the arrangement of target icons. FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a target latitude and longitude information acquisition and confirmation screen. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a target placement screen on which a placement image of targets placed in the training ground 101 of FIG. 1 is displayed.

FIG. 2 shows a target placement screen 200 for the operator of the operating terminal 107 to visually confirm the placement of the multiple targets 102 . The target placement screen 200 includes a display area 201 of the training ground 101 and a storage area (hereinafter referred to as container area) 202 .

Map information of the training ground 101 is displayed in the display area 201 of the training ground 101 . The display area 201 has functions of enlarged display and reduced display.

The container area 202 stores target icons 203 indicating all targets 102 that can be deployed on the training ground 101 . In this example, all targets 102 corresponding to a maximum of m horizontal and n vertical target icons 203 are deployable on the training ground 101 . where m and n are positive integers. In the container area 202, target icons 203 (in this example, target 01 to target 0m, target 01, etc.) having different images and names for different actions are arranged and displayed. Each of the target icons 203 is arranged (moved) in the display area 201 of the training field 101 by operating a mouse, which is a pointing device provided on the operation terminal 107, for example, by dragging and dropping. . That is, by moving one or more target icons 203 to the display area 201, one or more targets 102 corresponding to the moved one or more target icons 203 can be placed on the training field 101.

FIG. 3 shows a target placement screen 200 when target icons 203 are placed in the display area 201 of the training ground 101 by drag and drop. The target icon 203 has coordinate information 301 on the screen with the upper left corner of the display area 201 of the training field 101 as the origin 0, and the values of the coordinate information 301 are represented by pixels with X being the horizontal direction and Y being the vertical direction. ing. The target icon 203 is configured so that the coordinate information 301 of the target icon 203 is displayed in a tool tip or the like immediately after placement. Note that the tooltip is a supplemental explanation within a frame displayed when the mouse pointer is over the target icon 203 .

The target placement screen 200 has a function of displaying a target placement editing screen 302 . The target placement edit screen 302 displays the current coordinate values of X and Y, and has two text boxes 304 in which arbitrary values can be entered by the operator, and a placement button 303 . When the target icon 203 is arranged in the display area 201 of the training field 101 with a mouse or the like, the value of the coordinate information 301 of the target icon 203 and the value of the text box 304 of the target arrangement editing screen 302 are configured to increase or decrease in conjunction with each other. It is

The target placement screen 200 also enters a re-editing mode by clicking the placed target icon 203 with the mouse. The re-edit mode is a function of re-moving the placed target icon 203 within the display area 201 of the training field 101 with the mouse, inputting coordinate values into the text box 304 on the target placement editing screen 302, and clicking the placement button 303. It has a function of fine-tuning the arrangement of the target icons 203, etc. When the target icon 203 that has already been placed is moved again or the placement of the target icon 203 is finely adjusted, the corresponding target 102 moves to the corresponding position on the training ground 101 .

FIG. 4 shows the configuration of the GPS information acquisition and confirmation screen of the target 102 . The operation terminal 107 has a means for accessing the information of each target icon 203, and the GPS information screen 401 is displayed on the display device 107d of the operation terminal 107 by the means for accessing the information of each target icon 203. It is configured so that it can be displayed.

The GPS information screen 401 is composed of a target icon 203 , a GPS information display area 403 , a screen layout information area 404 and a reflection button 405 . The target icon 203 means the type and identification name of the corresponding target 102 . In the GPS information display area 403, the GPS position information of the target 102 currently held by the operation terminal 107 is displayed by dividing it into latitude and longitude. The screen layout information area 404 indicates at which coordinates in the display area 201 the target icon 203 indicating the target 102 is currently located. A reflection button 405 is provided to save the changed information and reflect the changed information to the display area 201 in the target placement screen 200 when the value of the screen layout information area 404 is changed. ing.

For example, when the GPS position information of the actual target 102 is obtained from means for obtaining GPS information, the values (latitude and longitude) of the obtained GPS position information are displayed in the GPS information display area 403, and the values are displayed in the display area 201. It is possible to automatically input and display the coordinate information of the target icon 203 in the screen layout information area 404 by means of calculating the relative position of the target icon 203 . By clicking the reflect button 405 , the coordinate information is transmitted to the target placement screen 200 . As a result, an image of the layout of the targets 102 in the training field 101 can be obtained without fine adjustment such as mouse operation. A placement image of the plurality of targets 102 placed on the training ground 101 in FIG. 1 can be displayed relatively accurately in the display area 201 of the target placement screen 200 as shown in FIG.

According to Example 1, the following effects can be obtained.

1) From the GPS position information (latitude and longitude) of the placement points of the targets 102, it is possible to accurately create and comprehend the placement image of one or more targets 102 placed on the training ground 101; Thereby, the usability of the control program executed by the operation terminal 107 of the shooting training system 100 can be improved.

2) On the map of the training ground 101 displayed in the display area 201, even the point where the target icon 203 overlaps in the distant view (reduced display) can be displayed by enlarging the display in the display area 201 to show the actual layout of the target 102. You can check the image accurately.

3) One or more targets 102 can be automatically placed within the training field 101 based on the coordinates of the map of the training field 101 and the GPS location information obtained from the targets 102 . One or more targets 102 can be arranged in the training field 101 while reducing complicated input work and fine adjustment work.

In the second embodiment, the control program of the operation terminal 107 is provided with a function of automatically generating training data using a scenario, thereby facilitating preparation of training data. A second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 to 8. FIG. FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining a scenario input screen according to the second embodiment. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a list of scenarios. FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining the schedule screen. Example 2 can be combined with Example 1.

A scenario is a description of a series of actions of the target 102 over a short period of time. For example, when the target 102 is made to perform an action 10 times starting from a designated start time, such as ``get the target to wake up. , it is inefficient to manually specify the operation ten times. Instead, it can be said that it would be easier to create training data for schedule control if the start time, corresponding scenario, and 10 repetitions of that scenario were specified. It is conceivable that training data can be created more easily by increasing the number of scenarios created by the members of each unit, who are users of the shooting training system 100, creating their own scenarios.

FIG. 6 shows a scenario input screen 600 displayed on the display device 107d of the operation terminal 107. As shown in FIG. The scenario input screen 600 has a panel area 601 displaying the action of the target 102 , an input area 602 for the scenario name, a setting area 603 for setting the control action of the scenario target, and an OK button 604 . In the panel area 601, in this example, a panel showing four actions "get up", "fall down", "time limit" and "wait" is shown.

When creating a scenario, first, the scenario name is entered in the input area 602 . In this example, "10 seconds up, 10 seconds down" is input as the scenario name.

Next, the panels for “Get up”, “Fall down”, “Time limit” and “Wait” are dragged and dropped using the mouse of the operation terminal 107 to arrange them in the desired order of actions in the setting area 603 . For "Wait", enter the time. After inputting all the information, the OK button 604 is pressed to complete the scenario with the scenario name "10 seconds up, 10 seconds down".

As shown in FIG. 7, the completed scenario is registered in the scenario list SL. FIG. 7 shows, as an example, three scenarios SN1 (currently 5 seconds), SN2 (10 seconds up, 10 seconds down), and SN3 (10 seconds up every 30 seconds) registered in the scenario list SL. ing.

FIG. 8 shows the schedule screen SS displayed on the display device 107d of the operation terminal 107. As shown in FIG. The schedule screen SS is used for creating training data. When creating training data, first, targets 102 to be controlled are selected (in this case, man 03, man 04, and man 05 are selected as targets 102), and start time ST is determined. Then, a desired scenario is appropriately selected from the scenarios SN1 to SN3 registered in the scenario list SL and input (in FIG. 8, the input scenario is described as SN).

Next, a method for creating overall training data will be described.

The user first creates a plurality of scenarios using the scenario input screen of FIG. Then, the user creates training data using FIGS. 7 and 8. FIG. The control program of the operation terminal 107 uses each troop as a key and stores how many times each scenario has been used (scenario appearance count). Create training data by arranging the scenarios used with random numbers according to their frequency. Units that have used a scenario more than once will be able to automatically generate training data.

When creating training data, first select your unit, and determine the target number and training time. If automatic generation is to be performed, the user selects automatic generation here. Then, the control program of the operation terminal 107 counts the number of scenarios from the training data used in the past by the unit, and obtains the average number of scenarios appearing per target. In addition, the ratio of scenarios used is obtained, and the scenario (s) to be used this time (may be plural) and the number of times used are determined from this. Scenarios and the number of scenarios to be used for one target are calculated, and training data for schedule control can be created by specifying the start time and intervals between scenarios using random numbers.

This is useful when conducting similar training. By repeating the same training using the created training data, the trainee may memorize the pattern. However, by using automatically generated training data, it is possible to avoid inertial training, such as the trainee waiting for a target action. If the user wants to adjust the training data, the created training data is edited so that the user can modify it. Therefore, the time required to create training data for schedule control can be shortened compared to creating training data from a state in which there is no basic training data.

Even the same unit may not always train according to the prescribed training data. For example, assume a case where a new recruit is suddenly assigned and the composition of the unit changes or training for the newcomer is conducted. Since automatic generation cannot be applied in this case, new training data will be created. Alternatively, the training data used by other units may be manually created as a reference, or the operation terminal 107 may be provided with a function of reading and editing training data created in the past or data of other units. data can be created.

In addition, Example 1 and Example 2 can be combined.

According to the second embodiment, training data for schedule control can be easily created. Thereby, the usability of the control program executed by the operation terminal 107 of the shooting training system 100 can be improved.

In the third embodiment, when a schedule is created, an execution condition for executing the schedule is added, so that the target can be controlled according to the training situation when the training is executed. In other words, the control program of the operation terminal 107 is provided with a function of adding execution conditions for schedule execution.

A third embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 to 11. FIG. FIG. 9 is a diagram explaining shooting training using a plurality of targets according to the third embodiment. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing training data for schedule control to which conditions for schedule execution are added according to the third embodiment. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the execution flow of the training data of FIG. Example 3 can be combined with Example 1, Example 2, or a combination of Example 1 and Example 2.

As shown in FIG. 9 , when training is carried out assuming that a plurality of targets 102 are used and the shooter 90 shoots while moving in the direction of travel, the shooter 90 is positioned at the current position depending on the state of impact on the targets 102 . The situation is different as to whether the target 102 stays at the target or advances or retreats.

When the target target (e.g., target 102(1)) is hit, the shooter 90 moves forward and targets the next target 102(2), otherwise the shooter 90 remains in the current position. , aiming at the same target 102(1), etc., making it possible to implement more realistic training. Since it is not possible with the current schedule control, the operator had to manually control the target while watching the training situation. In the third embodiment, execution conditions for schedule execution are added to training data for schedule control. This makes it possible to control the target according to the training situation during training.

As shown in FIG. 10, the training data for schedule control includes No. indicating the schedule number (No.) at the time of schedule execution. a time column indicating the specified time at which each schedule is to be executed; and a target number column indicating the target number of the target to be controlled. The training data further includes a control column indicating the control content (scenario) of the target motion to be controlled, an execution condition column indicating execution conditions, and a schedule number (No. ) and a jump destination field indicating . The numbers in the Target Number column shall correspond to the numbers in parentheses, eg, target 102(1) in FIG. The control content (scenario) is set to 2 seconds in this example. In this example, the execution conditions are three conditions, such as the first condition "there is an impact", the second condition "there is no impact", and the third condition "the number of shots = 5". In the case of "with impact", the next schedule number is specified as the jump destination. In the case of "no impact", the previous schedule number is designated as the jump destination. In the case of "the number of shots = 5", the end (END) is designated as the jump destination.

In the training data of FIG. 10, target control (current second: 2 seconds) is performed in schedule numbers 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9, and schedule numbers 1 and 3 are performed in schedule numbers 2, 4, 6, and 8. , 5, and 7 are determined, and transition is made to the jump destination of the schedule number according to the determined conditions. In other words, schedule numbers 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 are operation prescribed schedules, and schedule numbers 2, 4, 6, and 8 are judgment schedules for judging the training situation after execution of the operation prescribed schedules. Therefore, it is possible to perform target control according to the training situation at the time of training by schedule control.

(execution flow)
The execution flow of training data will be described with reference to FIG.

(Step S1)
When training based on schedule-controlled training data is started, the presence or absence of a schedule is determined. If there is a schedule to be executed next (if a numerical schedule number is entered in the schedule number (No.)), the process proceeds to step S2. If there is no schedule to be executed next (if the schedule number (No.) is END), the training ends.

(Step S2)
It is determined whether or not the specified time has passed. If the specified time has not elapsed (NO), step S2 is repeatedly executed. If the specified time has passed (YES), the process proceeds to step S3.

(Step S3)
It is determined whether or not to control the target. If the target is to be controlled (YES), the process proceeds to step S4. If the target is not to be controlled (NO), the process proceeds to step S6.

(Step S4)
The control of the target designated by the schedule is executed, and after execution, the process proceeds to step S5.

(Step S5)
The schedule number (No.) is incremented by one, and the process proceeds to step S1. After transitioning to step S1, steps S2, S3, and S4 are repeatedly executed, and only the schedule number (No) is executed. In the example of FIG. 10, schedule numbers (No.) up to 9 are executed.

(Step S6)
A determination is made as to whether or not the execution condition is met. If it is determined that the execution condition is satisfied (YES), the process proceeds to step S7. If it is determined that the execution condition is not satisfied (NO), the process proceeds to step S1.

(Step S7)
The schedule number (No.) is changed to the jump destination schedule number (No.), and the process proceeds to step S1.

This completes the execution of the training data for the schedule control described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 12 shows a scenario input screen provided with an execution condition input area and a jump destination input area. The scenario input screen 600 of FIG. 12 differs from the scenario input screen 600 of FIG. 6 in that a plurality of execution condition input areas 608 and jump destination input areas 609 are provided in FIG. In the execution condition input area 608, it is possible to input, for example, "a bullet has landed", "a bullet has not landed", "the number of shots fired=5", etc., as execution conditions. Also, in the jump destination input area 609, as described with reference to FIG. 10, a jump destination schedule number, END, or the like corresponding to each execution condition can be input. FIG. 12 describes schedule numbers 1 and 2 of FIG. 10 as an example.

When automatically generating schedule control training data such as that shown in FIG. do. Also, "no impact" is entered in another input area 608, and -1 is entered in the corresponding input area 609, for example.

According to the third embodiment, it is possible to control the target corresponding to the shooting result. Thereby, the usability of the control program executed by the operation terminal 107 of the shooting training system 100 can be improved.

Although the invention made by the present inventor has been specifically described above based on the examples, it goes without saying that the invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments and examples, and can be variously modified. .

100: Shooting Training System 101: Training Field 102: Target 103: GPS Antenna 104: Wireless Antenna 105: GPS Satellite 106: Access Point 107: Operation Terminal 107d: Display Device 108: Wireless Antenna 200: Target Placement Screen 201: Display Area 202 : Container area 203: Target icon 301: Coordinate information 302: Target placement edit screen 303: Placement button 304: Text box 401: GPS information screen 403: GPS information display area 404: Screen placement information area 405: Reflect button 600: Scenario input Screen 601: Panel area 602: Scenario name input area 603: Setting area 604: OK button SN, SN1, SN2, SN3: Scenario 90: Archer 608: Execution condition input area 609: Destination input area

Claims (2)

Multiple targets placed on the training ground,
an operation terminal having a display device,
each of the plurality of targets is capable of obtaining location information, including latitude and longitude, from satellites;
The operation terminal displays the arrangement state of the plurality of targets in the training field on the display device based on the position information of the plurality of targets;
The operation terminal has a function of displaying a target placement screen on the display device,
The target placement screen is
a display area in which map information of the training ground is displayed;
a storage area containing a plurality of target icons;
each of the plurality of target icons indicates a target that can be placed on the training ground;
A shooting training system , wherein moving the plurality of target icons to the display area causes corresponding targets to be placed in the training range. 2. The shooting training system of claim 1 , wherein the target icons moved to the display area have the location information of the corresponding targets.

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