System and method for designing a seat
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1. A computer based method for designing a seat for use in an environment, comprising:
- establishing a set of environment characteristics;
establishing a set of interface characteristics;
establishing a pool of body templates, the pool of body templates being representative of target occupants of the seat;
establishing a seat design as a function of the established environment characteristics, interface characteristics, and body templates by defining a plurality of patches, the patches representing interaction between an area of the seat and the body templates and defining a surface of the seat design, each patch having a length, a width, a bolster height, a bolster width and a bolster angle;
storing the seat design as a tool to be used in a CAD package; and
,allowing a user of the CAD package to use the tool to design and/or evaluate an actual seat.
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Abstract
A computer based system and method for establishing one or more patches related to a seat to be designed is provided. The system method establish a set of environment characteristics, a set of interface characteristics, and a pool of body templates. The pool of body templates are representative of target occupants of the seat. The system and method further establish a seat design as a function of the established environment characteristics, interface characteristics, and body templates by defining a plurality of patches.
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37 Claims
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1. A computer based method for designing a seat for use in an environment, comprising:
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establishing a set of environment characteristics; establishing a set of interface characteristics; establishing a pool of body templates, the pool of body templates being representative of target occupants of the seat; establishing a seat design as a function of the established environment characteristics, interface characteristics, and body templates by defining a plurality of patches, the patches representing interaction between an area of the seat and the body templates and defining a surface of the seat design, each patch having a length, a width, a bolster height, a bolster width and a bolster angle; storing the seat design as a tool to be used in a CAD package; and
,allowing a user of the CAD package to use the tool to design and/or evaluate an actual seat. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for establishing one or more patches related to a seat to be designed for an environment, comprising:
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a user interface for establishing a set of environment characteristics, a set of interface characteristics, and a pool of body templates, the pool of body templates being representative of target occupants of the seat; and a computing device coupled to the user interface for establishing a seat design as a function of the established environment characteristics, interface characteristics, and body templates by defining a plurality of patches, the patches representing interaction between an area of the seat and the body templates and defining the surface of the seat design, each patch having a length, a width, a bolster height, a bolster width and a bolster angle, the computing device for storing the seat design as a tool to be used in a CAD package and allowing a user of the CAD package to use the tool to design and/or evaluate an actual seat. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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