Force estimation system and force information calculation method
AssigneeOlympus Corporation
InventorJun HANE
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Abstract
A force estimation system for calculating force information regarding forces applied to one or more positions of a flexible tubular portion having flexibility through an arithmetic operation, the force estimation system comprising: a processor configured to input the deformation state and the mechanical property at a plurality of longitudinal positions of the flexible tubular portion, and calculates the force information of the force applied to the individual positions of the flexible tubular portion based on the deformed state and the mechanical property.
Claims32
A force estimation system for calculating force information regarding forces applied to one or more positions of a flexible tubular portion having flexibility through an arithmetic operation, the force estimation system comprising:
- a processor configured to input the deformation state and the mechanical property at a plurality of longitudinal positions of the flexible tubular portion, and calculate the force information of the force applied to the individual positions of the flexible tubular portion based on the deformed state and the mechanical property.
A force information calculation method for calculating force information regarding forces applied to one or more positions of a flexible tubular portion having flexibility, the force information calculation method comprising:
- performing one of measuring and estimating coordinates and shapes at a plurality of longitudinal positions of the flexible tubular portion;
- obtaining bending moments at the plurality of positions from the shapes obtained in a first step and a prestored bending stiffness at the plurality of positions;
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- calculating force information regarding the forces applied to the one or more positions of the flexible tubular portion from the coordinates of the plurality of positions obtained in the performing and the bending moments at the plurality of positions obtained in a second step.
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