摘要 |
PCT No. PCT/GB89/00589 Sec. 371 Date Jan. 28, 1991 Sec. 102(e) Date Jan. 28, 1991 PCT Filed May 30, 1989 PCT Pub. No. WO89/11704 PCT Pub. Date Nov. 30, 1989.The control device, which provides control signals to a computer simulating a vehicle being driven, includes a handle 10 which is manually rotatable about a first axis 11, the handle comprising a handlebar 16 extending outwards from the first axis on either side thereof. The handlebar includes an inner portion 17 and hand grips 18 on the ends thereof inner portion, the hand grips being slightly curved and obliquely pivoted to the respective inner portion of the handlebar in such a way that in a first disposition the hand grip is substantially aligned with the inner portion to simulate handlebars of a motor cycle, and in a second disposition the hand grips are in a position simulating a joystick of an aircraft, wherein the inner portions represent spokes and the hand grips are generally parallel to one another. Conveniently, the control device also includes a hand wheel to simulate a steering wheel of a car or the like, the hand wheel being adapted to attach onto the hand grips when the latter are in the aircraft joystick simulating position. |