JPH08254944A - Traveling simulation device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To immediately understand own wrong posture and to enhance the resultant efficiency in the training by displaying an ideal reference posture and an actual rider's posture on the same monitor. CONSTITUTION: A motion equation computing part 63 determines a reference posture corresponding to a computed posture of a simulated motorcycle 1 based on the data from the posture database part 62 and parameter input part 64, and outputs the reference posture to a picture converter 65. The reference posture is converted into picture data capable of being displayed on the monitor 20 at the picture converter 65, and is inputted to a picture synthesizer part 66. On the other hand, both of the two video cameras C, C are connected with the picture synthesizer part 66, and the picked-up posture of the actual rider is inputted to the picture synthesizer part 66. Then, the picture synthesizer 66 superimposes the data of both pictures and outputs the data to the monitor 20 to display the superimposed picture. By this method, the difference between the standard posture and own posture becomes more clear.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a traveling simulation apparatus for driving a simulated vehicle body according to a traveling state displayed on a monitor and controlling the posture of the simulated vehicle body based on the traveling state and the driving operation. Regarding

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A driving simulation device is provided with a monitor for displaying a preset running condition on a monitor, and an occupant of the simulated vehicle body performs a driving operation on the simulated vehicle body in accordance with the displayed running condition. To do. Further, the posture of the simulated vehicle body is configured to be controlled according to the driving operation performed by the occupant. However, by changing the posture control amount with respect to the driving operation amount according to the traveling state, the occupant can have a more realistic driving feeling. I try to feel it.

Such a traveling simulation device is
It is hoped that it will be used for driving lessons under conditions where it is difficult to learn using actual vehicles.
It is possible to further improve the learning effect compared with the driving lesson using the actual vehicle.

[0004]

The posture of the occupant during traveling is particularly important when the motorcycle is trained to be trained. In the past, however, an instructor performs a model traveling operation, and a trainee who is an occupant has a posture of the instructor. I remembered and learned the posture of the instructor the next time I did the driving operation, and corrected my posture. However, seeing another person's posture is different from judging one's posture, and it is difficult to judge one's posture accurately, and it is not possible to obtain sufficient teaching effect.

In view of the above problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide a traveling simulation device which can accurately determine one's own posture during a driving operation.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the invention of claim 1 performs a driving operation on a simulated vehicle body in accordance with a running state displayed on a monitor, and In a traveling simulation device that controls the posture of a simulated vehicle body based on the above, a reference posture calculation unit that calculates a reference posture of an occupant corresponding to the posture of the simulated vehicle body, an image pickup unit that captures an actual posture of the occupant, and a calculated reference An image display means for displaying the posture and the actually photographed posture on the monitor is provided.

Further, the invention of claim 2 is characterized in that, in the invention of claim 1, the image display means synthesizes the reference posture and the actual posture and superimposes them on each other and displays them on a monitor.

[0008]

[Function] An ideal reference posture is determined for each posture of the simulated vehicle body. By displaying the reference posture and the actual posture of the occupant on the same monitor, the difference between the two becomes clear. Also,
When the two postures are superimposed and displayed as in the second aspect of the invention, the difference between the reference posture and the own posture can be understood more clearly.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 1 by taking a riding simulation device for a motorcycle as an example. Reference numeral 1 denotes a simulated two-wheeled vehicle, and an occupant R of the simulated two-wheeled vehicle 1 receives the simulated two-wheeled vehicle 1 according to a change in a running state such as a landscape displayed on a monitor 20 such as a CRT arranged in front of the simulated two-wheeled vehicle 1.
Is performed, and the posture of the simulated two-wheeled vehicle 1 is controlled according to this operation. The simulated two-wheeled vehicle 1 is provided with a frame-shaped vehicle body 1. A support frame 21 on a base 2 supports a roll motor 3 so that its rotation axis is parallel to the vehicle length direction. Bracket 31 on the rotation axis of 3
Attached. A pivot 32 parallel to the pitch axis is provided on the bracket 31 so as to project to the left and right.
A pair of lower ends of the arms 11 vertically provided on both left and right sides of the arm 11 is swingably supported by the pivot 32. The bracket 31 is provided with a support shaft 33 parallel to the pivot 32, and the pitch motor 4 is provided so as to be swingable about the support shaft 33 as a fulcrum. On the other hand, the vehicle body 1 is provided with a nut 13 swingable around a support shaft 12 parallel to the support shaft 33 as a fulcrum, and a screw rod 41 connected to the pitch motor 4 is screwed into the nut 13 to allow the pitch motor 4 to drive the vehicle body. 1 was made to oscillate with respect to the bracket 31 around the pitch axis.

A steering motor 5 is attached to the front end of the vehicle body 1 by inclining it at a predetermined caster angle, and a steering wheel 51 is directly connected to a rotary shaft of the steering motor 5. As a result, when the occupant R rotates the handle 51,
A predetermined braking force is applied to the turning of the steering wheel 51 by the steering motor 5.

The handle 51 includes various sensors for detecting the accelerator operation amount performed by the occupant R and the operation force of the front brake, and the seat 14 is provided with sensors for detecting the weight moving direction and the moving amount of the occupant R. In Step 15, a load sensor for detecting a change in load due to weight movement is attached, and a sensor for detecting an operation force of the rear brake or a shift change operation is provided in the vicinity of the load sensor. Detection signals from these various sensors are processed by the arithmetic processing unit 6, and the roll motor 3, the pitch motor 4, and the steering motor 5 are drive-controlled to control the attitude of the simulated two-wheeled vehicle 1. Further, below the monitor 20, a camera C for taking an image of the occupant R is arranged from the front of the simulated motorcycle 1, and although not shown, a camera for taking an image of the occupant R is also provided on the left side of the occupant R. It is arranged.

By the way, the image of the monitor 20 is, for example, in the case of training on sudden braking, as shown in FIG. It consists of data I. Further, an occupant posture display unit RF imaged from the front and an occupant posture display unit RS imaged from the left side are provided, and an ideal posture corresponding to the posture of the simulated motorcycle 1 and the camera C.
The actual posture of the occupant R, which is picked up in the same manner, is displayed in an overlapping manner. Such an operation of overlapping both postures is performed by the arithmetic processing unit 6, and the configuration of the arithmetic processing unit 6 will be described below with reference to FIG.

First, when a training item is set from the database setting unit 61, data such as a course about the set training item and data about a reference posture are output from the reference posture database unit 62 to the motion equation calculation unit 63. On the other hand, the values such as the height and weight of the occupant R are input to the motion equation calculation unit 63 via the parameter input unit 64. The motion equation calculation unit 63 calculates the attitude of the simulated motorcycle 1 based on the detection signals from the sensors of the simulated motorcycle 1 and controls the motors 3, 4, and 5 to control the attitude of the simulated motorcycle 1. Further, the equation-of-motion calculating unit 63 obtains a reference posture corresponding to the calculated posture of the simulated two-wheeled vehicle 1 based on the data from the reference posture database unit 62 and the parameter input unit 64, and the reference posture is obtained by the image conversion unit. Output to 65. In the image conversion section 65, the reference posture is monitored by the monitor 20.
It is converted into image data that can be displayed on the screen and output to the image combining unit 66. On the other hand, both of the two cameras are connected to the image synthesizing unit 66, and the imaged image of the actual posture of the occupant R is input to the image synthesizing unit 66. Then, the image composition unit 6
Reference numeral 6 superimposes both image data and outputs it to the monitor 20 to display the combined image as shown in FIG.
By the way, V is an image recording device for recording the image displayed on the monitor 20 so that the occupant R can examine the image displayed on the monitor 20 after the driving lesson.

The RS in the image thus synthesized
Is shown in FIG. This figure is for sudden braking, where A is the reference posture and B is the actual posture of the occupant R. It can be seen that the reference posture A is slightly bent and relaxed while the posture B of the actual occupant R is stretched and tense.

In the above embodiment, the riding simulation device for a two-wheeled vehicle has been described as an example, but the present invention can be applied to a simulation device for an automobile.

[0016]

As is apparent from the above description, the invention of claim 1 displays the ideal reference posture and the posture of the occupant on the same monitor, so that the occupant can accurately understand his / her posture. , I can immediately understand where my posture is bad, and as a result, I can improve my learning efficiency.

Further, in the second aspect of the present invention, since both postures are displayed in an overlapping manner, it is possible to more clearly understand the bad posture of one's own posture.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a simulation device.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of an image on a monitor 20.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration inside an arithmetic processing unit.

FIG. 4 is a view showing an example of superimposed postures.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Simulated motorcycle 6 Processor 20 Monitor C Camera R Crew

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of front page (72) Inventor Katsunori Matsuzawa 1-10-1 Shin-Sayama, Sayama City, Saitama Prefecture Honda Engineering Co., Ltd.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A posture of a simulated vehicle body in a traveling simulation device for performing a driving operation on a simulated vehicle body according to a traveling state displayed on a monitor and controlling the posture of the simulated vehicle body based on the traveling state and the driving operation. Reference attitude calculation means for calculating the reference attitude of the occupant, image pickup means for imaging the actual occupant attitude, and image display means for displaying the calculated reference attitude and the imaged actual attitude on the monitor. A travel simulation device comprising: 2. The travel simulation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image display means displays the monitor on the monitor by superimposing the reference posture and the actual posture and superimposing them.