Daniel K Mccall

US Patent:

20210343178, Nov 4, 2021

Filed:

Jun 22, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/354999

Inventors:

- Providence RI, US
Daniel Brent McCall - Keller TX, US
Joshua Peter Riccobono - Arlington TX, US

Assignee:

Textron Innovations Inc. - Providence RI

International Classification:

G09B 9/30
G09B 9/08
G02B 27/01
G06T 19/00
G09B 9/12
G09B 9/24

Abstract:

Systems and methods include providing a virtual reality (“VR”) flight emulator system that simulates control, operation, and response of a vehicle. The flight emulator includes a control interface and a head-mounted display worn by a user. Motion, orientation, and/or forces experienced by the simulated vehicle are imparted to a user through a motion-control seat. Multiple flight emulators can be connected to a communication network, and a master flight emulator may teleport into a slave flight emulator in order to observe, overtake, override, and/or assume control of the slave flight emulator. Inputs made via the control interface of the master flight emulator or during playback of a pre-recorded training exercise or flight mission are translated into the control interface, head-mounted display, and motion-control seat of the slave flight emulator to provide real-time feedback to the user of the slave flight emulator.

US Patent:

20190130781, May 2, 2019

Filed:

Mar 22, 2018

Appl. No.:

15/928644

Inventors:

- Fort Worth TX, US
Daniel Brent McCall - Keller TX, US
Joshua Peter Riccobono - Arlington TX, US

Assignee:

Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. - Fort Worth TX

International Classification:

G09B 9/24
G09B 9/12
G02B 27/01
G06T 19/00

Abstract:

Systems and methods include providing a virtual reality (“VR”) flight emulator system that simulates control, operation, and response of a vehicle. The flight emulator includes a control interface and a head-mounted display worn by a user. Motion, orientation, and/or forces experienced by the simulated vehicle are imparted to a user through a motion-control seat. Multiple flight emulators can be connected to a communication network, and a master flight emulator may teleport into a slave flight emulator in order to observe, overtake, override, and/or assume control of the slave flight emulator. Inputs made via the control interface of the master flight emulator or during playback of a pre-recorded training exercise or flight mission are translated into the control interface, head-mounted display, and motion-control seat of the slave flight emulator to provide real-time feedback to the user of the slave flight emulator.

US Patent:

20190130782, May 2, 2019

Filed:

Mar 27, 2018

Appl. No.:

15/936894

Inventors:

- Fort Worth TX, US
Daniel Brent McCall - Keller TX, US
Joshua Peter Riccobono - Arlington TX, US

Assignee:

Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. - Fort Worth TX

International Classification:

G09B 9/30
G09B 9/08

Abstract:

Systems and methods include providing a virtual reality (“VR”) flight teleport system that include a master aircraft and a plurality of remote slave aircraft connected through a network. A flight emulator in the master aircraft allows a user in the master aircraft to “teleport” into a remote slave vehicle in order to observe and/or assume control of the remote slave aircraft. Motion of, orientation of, and/or forces acting on the remote stave vehicle are emulated to the user of the master vehicle through a pilot control interface, a motion-control seat, and a head-mounted display to provide real-time feedback to the user of the master aircraft. Inputs made via the pilot control interface of the flight emulator system in the master aircraft are transferred through the network into the flight control system of the remote slave vehicle to control operation of the remote slave vehicle.

US Patent:

20190130783, May 2, 2019

Filed:

Mar 27, 2018

Appl. No.:

15/936915

Inventors:

- Fort Worth TX, US
Daniel Brent McCall - Keller TX, US
Joshua Peter Riccobono - Arlington TX, US

Assignee:

Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. - Fort Worth TX

International Classification:

G09B 9/30
G09B 9/08

Abstract:

Systems and methods include providing a virtual reality (“VR”) flight emulator that simulates control, operation, and response of a vehicle. The flight emulator includes a control interface and a head-mounted display worn by a user. The user of the flight emulator can virtually teleport into a slave virtual or remote aircraft in order to assume control of the slave virtual or remote aircraft. Motion of, orientation of, and/or forces acting on the slave virtual or remote aircraft are imparted to a user through a plurality of galvanic vestibular stimulation (GVS) devices when the user of the flight emulator is virtually teleported into the slave virtual or remote aircraft. The flight emulator can be connected through a communication network to a plurality of other flight emulators. The flight emulator can also be installed in an aircraft and connected through the communication network to a plurality of other remote aircraft.