Patent ID: 6902488

Claim:
A lateral steady acceleration simulation system for railway vehicle, comprising: a simulated passenger room simulating an interior of a railway vehicle; a base for supporting the simulated passenger room; a roll application mechanism provided between the base and the simulated passenger room and capable of applying to the simulated passenger room at least a rolling movement about a forward-backward axis; a laterally moving mechanism for moving the base in either of a left or a right direction and capable of applying a corresponding lateral acceleration to the simulated passenger room; and a control mechanism for controlling the roll application mechanism and the laterally moving mechanism, so that the simulated passenger room is rotated and inclined about the forward-backward axis by the roll application mechanism, thereby imposing on a person riding on the simulated passenger room a first reproductive acceleration that is a component force of gravitational acceleration along an inclined plane, and the base is subjected to accelerated motion in one of the left direction and the right direction by the laterally moving mechanism, thereby imposing on the person riding on the simulated passenger room a second reproductive acceleration by lateral acceleration of the base, wherein the first reproductive acceleration and the second reproductive acceleration together simulate a lateral acceleration of a railway vehicle on a curve of a railway, and wherein the control mechanism compensates for an insufficiency of the first reproductive acceleration with the second reproductive acceleration.