Support system, and computer-readable recording medium in which support program is recorded

A computer-readable recording medium in which a support program to realize, on a computer, a function of assisting a development of embedded software to be embedded in a mechanism, composed of a plurality of parts including an actuator and a sensor, as a control program to control the mechanism is recorded, said support program comprising:

• a mechanism designing program for instructing the computer to function as a mechanism designing section which designs the mechanism three-dimensionally;
• a three-dimensional-mechanism model simulating program for instructing the computer to function as a three-dimensional-mechanism model simulating section, in which the mechanism is structured as a three-dimensional-mechanism model, for simulating an operation of the mechanism;
• an embedded software developing program for instructing the computer to function as an embedded software developing section which develops the embedded software;
• a first interface program for instructing the computer to function as a first interface section for inputting designing data, which is created in said mechanism designing section as the result of a designing by said mechanism designing section, from the mechanism designing section to the three-dimensional-mechanism model simulating section to be reflected on the three-dimensional-mechanism model;
• a second interface program for instructing the computer to function as a second interface section which transfers actuator instruction data and sensor data between the three-dimensional-mechanism model simulating section and the embedded software developing section while synchronizing the three-dimensional-mechanism model simulating section and the embedded software developing section in operation with each other,
• wherein:
• said embedded software developing program includes a status-transition diagram or table creating program instructing the computer to function as a status-transition diagram or table creating section for creating and editing a status-transition diagram or table describing specifications of the embedded software to execute detailed designing of the embedded software;
• and
• said second interface program transfers data between said three-dimensional-mechanism model simulating section and said status-transition diagram or table creating section while synchronizing said three-dimensional-mechanism model simulating section and said status-transition diagram or table creating section in operation with each other.

A support computer apparatus comprising:

• a programmed computer processor controlling the support computer apparatus according to a process comprising:
• three-dimensionally designing a mechanism composed of a plurality of parts comprising an actuator and a sensor;
• simulating operation of the mechanism according to a three-dimensional-mechanism model of the mechanism based upon design data from the three-dimensional designing of the mechanism;
• developing an embedded control program to be embedded in the mechanism to control the operation of the mechanism, by creating and editing a status-transition diagram or table describing specifications of the embedded control program as detailed designing of the embedded control program, and exchanging mechanism data and the status-transition specifications with the three-dimensional-mechanism model simulating while synchronizing the three-dimensional-mechanism model simulating with the status-transition specifications for developing the embedded control program.