Space flight simulator, planetarium having the same, and space flight simulating program

• Main Authors: Ootani, Kenichi, Takeuchi, Kazuhiro, Ishimaki, Nobuhiro
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 29.01.2019
• Subjects: ADVERTISING; AIRCRAFT; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND,DEAF OR MUTE; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DIAGRAMS; DISPLAY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; GLOBES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION; PLANETARIA; SEALS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT THEREFOR

A space flight simulator includes: a celestial-body-position output unit configured to output three-dimensional positions of extragalactic celestial bodies in space; an observation-position designation unit configured to allow an operator to designate a three-dimensional position and a posture of an observer in extragalactic space; a celestial-body-image arrangement unit configured to determine, based on the output from the celestial-body-position output unit, arrangement of an image of each extragalactic celestial body in a star field seen from the designated three-dimensional position and posture of the observer, and generate a star field image; a cosmic-expansion selection unit configured to allow the operator to perform selection as to whether a cosmic expansion effect is taken into account; a time designation unit configured to designate an observation time; and a cosmic-expansion correction unit configured to correct the three-dimensional position of each extragalactic celestial body based on the cosmic expansion effect and the designated observation time.