Transforming airplane configuration requirements into intelligent spatial geometry

• US 20070233433A1
• Filed: 05/25/2007
• Published: 10/04/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Boeing Co.
• Original Assignee: The Boeing Co.
• Inventors: Lee, David, Taboada, Margaret
• Granted Patent: US 8,060,345 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 703/1
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 11/00 Passenger or crew accommodation; Flight-deck installations not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 11/04 Galleys
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 30/15 Vehicle, aircraft or watercraft design
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 345/958 Collision avoidance

Abstract

A system and method for knowledge based development of interior models for configurable spaces, including storing a digital definition of the interior section of the passenger vehicle and parameters related to the objects, storing a digital definition of a plurality of three dimensional stay-out spaces associated with one or more of the objects, defining one or more collision rules between a first three dimensional stay-out space and a second three dimensional stay-out space, the rules define whether the first three dimensional stay-out space and the second three dimensional stay-out space may overlap, and designing the interior section to accommodate objects based on the defined collision rules and object parameters.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for designing an interior section of a passenger vehicle to accommodate objects for the interior section of the passenger vehicle, comprising:

storing a first digital definition of the interior section of the passenger vehicle and parameters related to the objects;

storing a second digital definition of a plurality of three dimensional stay-out spaces associated with one or more of said objects;

defining one or more collision rules between a first three dimensional stay-out space and a second three dimensional stay-out space,

wherein said rules define whether said first three dimensional stay-out space and said second three dimensional stay-out space may overlap; and

designing the interior section to accommodate objects based on said defined collision rules and object parameters.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising defining at least one collision rule between the three dimensional stay-out spaces and the interior section of the passenger vehicle and parameters related to the objects.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said first and second digital definition comprises a plurality of data objects representing different aspects of the interior.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the first and second digital definitions being displayed and manipulated visually, and designing the interior section being displayed.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the stay-out spaces being defined according to a plurality of predefined constraints.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first digital definition includes physical constraints of the objects.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the collision rules are between a plurality of first and second digital definitions.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the collision rules include between the plurality of first digital definition of the interior section of the passenger vehicle and parameters related to the objects and the second digital definition of the plurality of three dimensional stay-out spaces associated with one or more of said objects.

9. A system for computer-implemented method for designing an interior section of a passenger vehicle to accommodate objects for the interior section of the passenger vehicle, comprising:

a memory unit storing a digital definition of the interior section of the passenger vehicle and parameters related to the objects, said memory unit storing a digital definition of a plurality of three dimensional stay-out spaces associated with one or more of said objects; and

a processor connected to said memory unit, defining one or more collision rules between a first three dimensional stay-out space and a second three dimensional stay-out space,

wherein said rules define whether said first three dimensional stay-out space and said second three dimensional stay-out space may overlap, and

said processor with said memory unit designing the interior section to accommodate objects based on said defined collision rules and object parameters.

10. The system of claim 9, further comprising defining at least one collision rule between the three dimensional stay-out spaces and the interior section of the passenger vehicle and parameters related to the objects.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein said first and second digital definition comprises a plurality of data objects representing different aspects of the interior.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the first and second digital definitions being displayed and manipulated visually, and designing the interior section being displayed.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the stay-out spaces being defined according to a plurality of predefined constraints.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein the first digital definition includes physical constraints of the objects.

15. The system of claim 9, wherein the collision rules are between a plurality of first and second digital definitions.

16. The system of claim 9, wherein the collision rules include between the plurality of first digital definition of the interior section of the passenger vehicle and parameters related to the objects and the second digital definition of the plurality of three dimensional stay-out spaces associated with one or more of said objects.

17. A computer-implemented system for designing an interior section of a passenger vehicle to accommodate objects for the interior section of the passenger vehicle, comprising:

a means for storing a digital definition of the interior section of the passenger vehicle and parameters related to the objects;

a means for storing a digital definition of a plurality of three dimensional stay-out spaces associated with one or more of said objects;

a means for defining one or more collision rules between a first three dimensional stay-out space and a second three dimensional stay-out space,

wherein said rules define whether said first three dimensional stay-out space and said second three dimensional stay-out space may overlap; and

a means for designing the interior section to accommodate objects based on said defined collision rules and object parameters.

18. The system of claim 17, further comprising defining at least one collision rule between the three dimensional stay-out spaces and the interior section of the passenger vehicle and parameters related to the objects.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein said first and second digital definition comprises a plurality of data objects representing different aspects of the interior.

20. The system of claim 17, wherein the first and second digital definitions being displayed and manipulated visually, and designing the interior section being displayed.

21. The system of claim 17, wherein the stay-out spaces being defined according to a plurality of predefined constraints.

22. The system of claim 17, wherein the first digital definition includes physical constraints of the objects.

23. The system of claim 17, wherein the collision rules are between a plurality of first and second digital definitions.

24. The system of claim 17, wherein the collision rules include between the plurality of first digital definition of the interior section of the passenger vehicle and parameters related to the objects and the second digital definition of the plurality of three dimensional stay-out spaces associated with one or more of said objects.

25. The system of claim 17, wherein the digital definitions can be stored in extensible markup language format.