Reversible-Orientation Joint
OwnerMichael Kellyinventor
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention may be used for the design or simulation of articulated assemblies to transform the definitions of the joints they comprise by reversing their orientations. That is, to a method for defining in software a representation of a physical joint which is oriented, that is, one which designates one joined segment to be the reference and one joined segment to be mobile, such that the joint can be transformed into a joint with comparable behavioral properties and constraints, but with the reverse relationship of reference and mobile segments.
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A computer-implemented method for defining an oriented joint between two segments, a first segment considered the reference and a second segment considered mobile, wherein the relative position of the second, mobile, segment with respect to the first, reference, segment is specified by the positional state of the joint with respect to each of its degrees of freedom, such that the orientation of the joint can be reversed with respect to which joined segment is considered the reference and which is considered mobile and, having been reversed, the absolute position of the second, now reference, segment is identical to that same segment's absolute position when it was considered the mobile segment, and the absolute position of the first, now mobile, segment is identical to that same segment's absolute position when it was considered the reference segment.
A computer-implemented system for designing articulated assemblies comprised of reversible-orientation joints.
A computer-implemented system for simulating articulated assemblies comprised of reversible-orientation joints.
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