OPERATION SEQUENCE DISPLAY METHOD AND OPERATION SEQUENCE DISPLAY SYSTEM

• US 20130141440A1
• Filed: 01/25/2011
• Published: 06/06/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Takao, Masataka, Kamijo, Katsuro
• Granted Patent: US 9,349,203 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/473
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/042 using digital processors G05B19/05 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/23129 Animated display, changes as function of parameters
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/24071 Online service documentation
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 13/00 Animation
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/20 Editing of 3D images, e.g. changing shapes or colours, aligning objects or positioning parts
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2219/2008 Assembling, disassembling
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2219/2012 Colour editing, changing, or manipulating; Use of colour codes

Abstract

Disclosed are an operation sequence display method and an operation sequence display system, wherein operation scenes to attach or remove one or a plurality of components are displayed by switching the scenes. And in at least one operation scene, the attachment or removal target components are displayed in a different manner from other components by changing gray scales using a single color, marking displays for emphasizing operation portions of the target components or the moving directions of the target components in the screen are blinked at a constant interval, and after the marking displays are blinked, the operations to the operation portions or the movements of the target components are displayed by animation, and displays regarding the operations to the operation portions or the movements of the target components are performed at a constant rhythm.

Claims

1. An operation sequence display method for sequentially displaying a series of operation procedures to remove, install, or remove and install a plurality of target components included in an apparatus, on a monitor controlled by a computer, comprising:

displaying, on the monitor, at least one operation scene showing installation or removal of one or more of the target components;

displaying, in the operation scene, the target components and other components differently in monochromatic shades;

blinking, at predetermined intervals in the operation scene, a displayed marking highlighting a position of an operation spot on the one or more target components or a direction along which to move the one or more target components or the operation spot; and

after the displayed marking is blinked, displaying, in the operation scene, an animation showing an operation on the operation spot or a movement of the one or more target components or the operation spots;

wherein the operation on the operation spots or the movement of the one or more target components or the operation spot is displayed in a constant rhythm.

3. The operation sequence display method according to claim 1, further comprising:

switchingly displaying a plurality of operation scenes; and

switching from one of the operation scenes to another of the operation scenes by fading out the one of the operation scenes in timed relation to the rhythmic base common to the blinking of the displayed marking, and thereafter fading in the other of the operation scenes in timed relation to the rhythmic base common to the blinking of the displayed marking.

4. The operation sequence display method according to claim 1, wherein if a concealing component is positioned in front of and hides the operation spot on the one or more target components, the concealing component has only outer contour lines displayed, thereby displaying the operation spot as being seen through the concealing component.

2. (canceled)

5. An operation sequence display system for sequentially displaying a series of operation procedures to remove, install, or remove and install a plurality of target components included in an apparatus, on a monitor controlled by a computer, wherein the computer:

displays, on the monitor, at least one operation scene showing installation or removal of one or more of the target components;

displays, in the operation scene, the one or more target components and other components differently in monochromatic shades;

blinks, at predetermined intervals in the operation scene, a displayed marking highlighting a position of an operation spot on the one or more target components or a direction along which to move the one or more target components or the operation spot; and

after the displayed marking is blinked, displays, in the operation scene, an animation showing an operation on the operation spot or a movement of the one or more target components or the operation spot;

wherein the operation on the operation spot or the movement of the one or more target components or the operation spot is displayed in a constant rhythm; and

wherein the blinking rhythm of the displayed marking and the running rhythm of the animation are set to a common rhythmic base.