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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2002
Paul Joseph Stewart, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Aaron West, Torrance, CA (US);
Pietro Buttolo, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Paul Joseph Stewart, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Aaron West, Torrance, CA (US);
Pietro Buttolo, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A system and method for virtual interactive design and evaluation and manipulation of a vehicle mechanism using a haptic-user interface is provided. The system includes a computer system and a haptic interface operatively in communication with the computer system, whereby the haptic interface includes a haptic end effector device for transmitting information between a user and a digital model as the user interactively creates, modifies, and evaluates kinematic and dynamic properties of the vehicle mechanism using the haptic end effector device.