Patent ID: 7117135

Claim:
A system for providing a high-fidelity visual display coordinated with a full-scope simulation instance of a complex system, the system comprising smart graphics processing that generates a two-dimensional image of displayed control panels of the simulated complex system, the two-dimensional image including embedded smart graphics that translate user input events representing user manipulations of virtual controls associated with the displayed control panels into data elements that are sent to the full-scope simulation instance, three-dimensional visuals processing for generating the high fidelity visual display using visual environment data, and a visual merge management function that synchronizes and coordinates the two-dimensional image and the three-dimensional visuals to present a single, coordinated view to the user, and the full-scope simulation instance is fully coordinated with the high fidelity visual display by exchanging data between the smart graphics processing, the three-dimensional visuals processing and the full-scope simulation instance to determine when a change to the single coordinated view presented to the user is required.