Patent ID: 9004921
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
1. A motion and vibration cuing apparatus, comprising: a frame assembly; at least one motion seat mounted to said frame assembly, said at least one motion seat being operative to impart surge, sway, heave and roll movements to a user seated therein; a number of frame actuators each having a shaft mounted to said frame assembly, each of said frame actuators being operated to extend and retract said shaft thereof in a first mode of operation and in a second mode of operation said frame actuators being effective in said first mode of operation to produce repetitive movements of said frame assembly, said frame actuators being effective in said second mode of operation to move said frame assembly in six degrees-of-freedom of motion; a controller coupled to said frame actuators and to said at least one motion seat; said controller being effective to operate said frame actuators in said first mode of operation in order to simulate vibratory motion which is transmitted by said frame assembly to the user seated in said at least one motion seat; said controller being effective to operate said frame actuators in said second mode of operation in coordination with the operation of said at least one motion seat using acceleration onset cuing to simulate surge, sway, heave, roll, pitch and yaw motions for the user seated in said at least one motion seat.