Patent ID: 8267690
Filing Date: 2012-09-18
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
1. A device arranged to simulate fire effects in military or civilian combat training, said device comprising: a light source configured to produce light beams; at least one lens and/or at least one mirror through which the light beams pass; a control configured to control the light source by pulsing the light source to produce a light lobe formed by the light beams from said light source, the pulsing thereby imparting information to the light lobe; a two-dimensional array of elements each element being individually controllable to assume a selected state among at least a first state of letting through said light incident thereupon and a second state of not letting through said light incident thereupon, wherein the control includes a computer program including computer program code that is adapted to individually control said elements of the two-dimensional array to selectively configure a first portion of the elements in the first state and a second portion of the elements in the second state for designing a spatial propagation of said light lobe, thereby differentially conveying the information included in the light lobe to a plurality of locations in front of the light source simultaneously; and a plurality of receivers configured to differentially receive the light lobe conveyed through the array of elements and thereby the information included therein to simulate fire effects in military or civilian combat training.