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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 11, 1998
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A disassembly route producing apparatus searches for a disassembly route for disassembling a product into its component parts. In one embodiment, the apparatus selects one of the parts to be disassembled, and determines the closest distance the selected part may approach the remaining parts as the selected part is being moved. The selected part is disassembled through a series of translations in predetermined directions and for predetermined distances. After each translation, the apparatus determines whether the selected part collided with any of the remaining parts. If a collision occurs, the apparatus changes the direction for the translations and resumes the search. A corresponding assembly route is determined by reversing the disassembly route.