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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2010
Eiji Toyosawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Kenji Taki, Kawasaki, JP;
Eiji Toyosawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Kenji Taki, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An elastic sheet is defined in accordance with a user input operation to have a shape with which the elastic sheet does not cross another member (building component) (step S). Then, the elastic sheet is divided into rigid elements (step S). Angles formed by each rigid element with adjacent rigid elements on two sides are calculated, and the calculation results and the like are stored in a RAM (step S). A flexible medium which moves through a conveyance path is defined (step S). Conveyance conditions when the flexible medium moves through the conveyance path are set (step S). After that, the motion is calculated (step S). The result of the motion calculation, that is, the behavior of the flexible medium, is displayed on a display device (step S).