Apparatus and method for evaluating equipment operability
First Claim
1. An apparatus for evaluating equipment operability which evaluates operability of equipment, comprising:
- a physique management unit managing physique information about a human body model as a copy of a shape of a human body;
a target management unit managing a human body part of the human body model and a target position to which the human body part is to be moved as target information;
a posture calculation unit calculating an operating posture taken when the human body model is operating an equipment model as a copy of a shape of the equipment using the target position as a watch point of the human body model based on the physique information about the human body model managed by the physique management unit and the target information managed by the target management unit;
a simulation unit arranging the equipment model and the human body model taking the operating posture calculated by the posture calculation unit in a three-dimensional virtual space, and displaying a view image as an image of the three-dimensional virtual space viewed from the point of view of the human body model taking the operating posture; and
a view determination unit determining whether or not a visual identification target part is in the range of the view of the human body model using the information about the visual identification target part as the part of the equipment model to be visually confirmed by the human body model.
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Abstract
The equipment operability evaluation apparatus calculates the operating posture of a human body model based on the physique information about a human body model in a physique management table, the operation information in an operation management table, and the target information in a target management table, arranges an equipment model and the human body model taking the calculated operating posture in a three-dimensional virtual space, displays a view image of a three-dimensional virtual space from the point of view of the human body model, and determines the visibility about the target operation area of the equipment model displayed on the view image and the readability of a character string.
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13 Claims
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1. An apparatus for evaluating equipment operability which evaluates operability of equipment, comprising:
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a physique management unit managing physique information about a human body model as a copy of a shape of a human body; a target management unit managing a human body part of the human body model and a target position to which the human body part is to be moved as target information; a posture calculation unit calculating an operating posture taken when the human body model is operating an equipment model as a copy of a shape of the equipment using the target position as a watch point of the human body model based on the physique information about the human body model managed by the physique management unit and the target information managed by the target management unit; a simulation unit arranging the equipment model and the human body model taking the operating posture calculated by the posture calculation unit in a three-dimensional virtual space, and displaying a view image as an image of the three-dimensional virtual space viewed from the point of view of the human body model taking the operating posture; and a view determination unit determining whether or not a visual identification target part is in the range of the view of the human body model using the information about the visual identification target part as the part of the equipment model to be visually confirmed by the human body model. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for evaluating equipment operability for evaluating operability of equipment using an equipment operability evaluation apparatus, comprising:
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managing physique information about a human body model as a copy of a shape of a human body; managing a human body part of the human body model and a target position to which the human body part is to be moved as target information; calculating an operating posture taken when the human body model is operating an equipment model as a copy of the shape of the equipment using the target position as a watch point of the human body model based on the physique information about the human body model and the target information; arranging the equipment model and the human body model taking the calculated operating posture in a three-dimensional virtual space, and displaying a view image as an image of the three-dimensional virtual space viewed from a point of view of the human body model taking the operating posture; and determining whether or not a visual identification target part is in a range of view of the human body model using information about the visual identification target part as a part of the equipment model to be visually confirmed by the human body model.
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13. A computer-readable recording medium recording a program for evaluating operability of equipment, the program causing a computer to execute:
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managing physique information about a human body model as a copy of a shape of a human body; managing a human body part of the human body model and a target position to which the human body part is to be moved as target information; calculating an operating posture taken when the human body model is operating an equipment model as a copy of the shape of the equipment using the target position as a watch point of the human body model based on the physique information about the human body model and the target information; arranging the equipment model and the human body model taking the calculated operating posture in a three-dimensional virtual space, and displaying a view image as an image of the three-dimensional virtual space viewed from a point of view of the human body model taking the operating posture; and determining whether or not a visual identification target part is in a range of view of the human body model using information about the visual identification target part as a part of the equipment model to be visually confirmed by the human body model.
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