Patent Document ID: 4672438
Application ID: 06876411
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A simulator for use with an optical tracking device of the type having a target tracking sight and at least one operator's station including a viewer for viewing through the sight and sight orientation control means for orienting the sight, the simulator comprising: video monitor means associated with the viewer for displaying video images to an operator; a television camera mounted for movement with the sight and with substantially the same field of view as the sight; sight orientation monitoring means connected to the tracking device for monitoring the orientation of the sight; graphics generator means for generating a video target image; electrical circuit means connecting the television camera and the graphics generator means to the monitor to generate at the monitor a composite image of the camera field view with a superimposed target image, the circuit means further connecting the sight orientation monitoring means to the graphics generator to vary the location of the target image with respect to the field image according to the sight orientation.