Patent ID: 6296486
Filing Date: 2001-10-02
Classification: F41G

Abstract:
A missile firing simulator for training a firer for firing a missile from the shoulder or a tripod, the missile fired on fixed or moving targets, the missile firing simulator including:at least one firing station, the firing station including a weapon simulator, the weapon simulator provided with a triggering device for triggering imaginary firings;an image display device;an image processing device; andan instructor station wherein the instructor station includes a video screen associated with a decision device by which an instructor chooses a virtual scenario relating to a firing field, the type of the missile and firing conditions,the firing station further including a spatial location device,the image display device displays virtual images in actual size representing a field of vision of a firer in the virtual scenario chosen by the instructor, a micromonitor disposed upon the missile weapon simulator displaying the same images as those displayed on the display device, but enlarged according to a predetermined coefficient, and the image processing device includes a central processing unit associated with an image generator, wherein the image processing device generates images within the instructor station, images displayed on the micromonitor, and the images displayed on the display device.