Operation sequence display method and operation sequence display system

• US 9,349,203 B2
• Filed: 01/25/2011
• Issued: 05/24/2016
• 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
• Primary Examiner(s): Tung, Kee M
• Assistant Examiner(s): Sheng, Xin
• Application Number:
  US13/701,084
• Publication Number:
  US 20130141440A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,946 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 surrounding components differently in monochromatic shades;

making a displayed marking blink by serially repeating displaying and hiding of the marking at predetermined constant intervals in the operation scene, the displayed marking comprising an arrow for highlighting the one or more target components or an operation spot on the one or more target components to be moved in association with the installation or removal operation; and

after the blinking of the displayed marking is over, displaying, in the operation scene, an animation showing a movement of the highlighted one or more target components or the operation spots;

wherein 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 repeating displaying and hiding of the marking at the predetermined constant intervals and the running rhythm of the animation are set to a common rhythmic base.

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

selectively 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.

3. 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.

4. 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, wherein the operation sequence display system comprises:

a monitor;

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including computer program code,

the at least one memory and the computer program code configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the operation sequence display system at least to;

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

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

make a displayed marking blink by serially repeating displaying and hiding of the marking at predetermined constant intervals in the operation scene, the displayed marking comprising an arrow for highlighting the one or more target components or an operation spot on the one or more target components to be moved in association with the installation or removal operation; and

after the blinking of the displayed marking is over, display, in the operation scene, an animation showing a movement of the highlighted one or more target components or the operation spot;

wherein 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 repeating displaying and hiding of the marking at the predetermined constant intervals and the running rhythm of the animation are set to a common rhythmic base.