SIMULATOR FOR OPERATIONAL AND MAINTENANCE STAFF ON THE BASIS OF VIRTUAL REALITY MODELS OF TRANSFORMER SUBSTATION Russian patent published in 2017 - IPC G09B19/00 

FIELD: information technology.

SUBSTANCE: simulator includes a PC with a machine-readable medium containing a logic part of the simulator and a graphical three-dimensional shell, peripheral devices connected to the PC for navigation in a virtual environment which comprise of a virtual reality headset, infrared camera, joystick, fine movement trackers and an omni-directional treadmill. Wherein, the logic part of the simulator includes a switching module, protection module, mode calculating module and evaluation module interconnected via a local software transport interface. The training method consists in visualization of the virtual reality headset on the screen, the graphic three-dimensional shell of the virtual substation, in receipt of the form for operational switching from the logical part of the simulator, implementation of operative switching of control elements in a virtual environment by means of peripheral control devices connected to a PC in accordance with the received form for operative switching, in monitoring changes of operator body positions by means of infrared cameras, in tracking changes of hand positions by means of fine movement trackers, transmission of information on changes in the position of the body, hands and on operative switching from the position trackers and the infrared camera to the logical part of the simulator through interfacing protocols, recalculation of the electrical mode of the substation circuit by means of a built-in mathematical algorithm in the logical part of the simulator (data on the position of switching devices and instrument readings are transferred to the graphic shell of the simulator and displayed on the screen of the virtual reality headset) and in evaluation of correctness of the operator's actions.

EFFECT: improved quality of staff training by providing maximum approach to real operational switching and conditions at a power plant.

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