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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 1998
Filed:
May. 14, 1997
Yoshiki Shimomura, Osaka, JP;
Sadao Tanigawa, Osaka, JP;
Kazuhiro Ogawa, Osaka, JP;
Hirofumi Nishino, Osaka, JP;
Kenji Katsuhara, Osaka, JP;
Toshimitsu Takakura, Osaka, JP;
Tetsuo Tomiyama, Tokyo, JP;
Yasushi Umeda, Tama, JP;
Tomohiko Sakao, Tokyo, JP;
Mita Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A simulation system is provided which is capable of simulating the behavior of a sheet transported by a transportation system. In response to application of a control sequence formulated for the sheet transportation system, a simulation is performed to check how the sheet is to be transported in the sheet transportation system on the basis of the applied control sequence. Necessary data are extracted from hardware systems constituting the real sheet transportation system. On the basis of the extracted data, a virtual sheet transportation system is constructed in a computer, and the sheet is represented by information indicative of the locations of opposite ends of the sheet and the distance therebetween. The sheet thus represented is moved by a predetermined unit distance in the virtual sheet transportation system on the basis of the control sequence, and data is computed for every movement of the sheet.