Immersive Object Testing System for Real-Time Design Iteration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current design and testing processes for objects, such as aircraft flight decks, involve multiple individuals and require significant time and resources for iterations, analysis, and modifications, often necessitating physical part fabrication and lengthy scheduling.
Innovation Solution
An immersive object testing system that combines a motion capture system with a model manager to create a virtual reality environment where a human operator's motions are translated into avatar interactions within a 3D model, allowing real-time design changes and live information integration from testing environments, reducing the need for physical prototypes and iterative feedback loops.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If multiple people are involved in design testing and analysis, then comprehensive evaluation is improved, but time consumption and scheduling complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates virtual copies (avatars) of multiple evaluators that can simultaneously interact with the 3D model in a virtual environment. These digital twins replicate the evaluation functions of physical experts without requiring their physical presence, enabling parallel processing of design assessments while maintaining comprehensive evaluation coverage across multiple disciplines.
Solution Approach 2:
The system replaces the mechanical coordination system of scheduling physical meetings and sequential reviews with an automated digital platform. The model manager coordinates avatar interactions, manages test sequences, and integrates results automatically, eliminating the need for manual scheduling and coordination while maintaining thorough evaluation standards.
2Measurement precision
If physical parts are fabricated for ergonomic analysis, then testing accuracy is improved, but manufacturing time and expense increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates accurate virtual replicas of physical parts within the 3D environment that can be tested without physical fabrication. These digital models maintain all geometric and material properties needed for ergonomic analysis, allowing multiple test iterations without incurring manufacturing costs or time delays associated with producing physical prototypes.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary ergonomic testing and validation in the virtual environment before any physical fabrication occurs. By identifying and resolving design issues through avatar-based ergonomic analysis and virtual interaction testing, the system prevents unnecessary physical prototyping and reduces overall manufacturing requirements.
3Manufacturing precision
If iterative design changes are made through traditional feedback loops, then design quality is improved, but the number of iterations and time required increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables continuous design iteration by maintaining the 3D model and avatar configurations in a persistent digital state. Design changes can be immediately visualized and re-tested without the discontinuities of physical prototype fabrication and assembly, allowing design teams to explore more design alternatives in less time while maintaining quality standards through repeated virtual testing.
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AI summary
An object testing system and method for testing an object. A three-dimensional environment is displayed with a model of an object and an avatar from a viewpoint relative to the avatar on a display system viewed by a human operator. The object is under testing in a live environment. Information about motions of the human operator that are detected is generated. Live information about the object that is under testing in the live environment is received. A change in the object from applying the live information to the model of the object is identified. The change in the model of the object is displayed on the display system as seen from the viewpoint relative to the avatar in the three-dimensional environment.