US 8,274,511 B2Granted

Apparatus for displaying wiring

AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.

InventorYasushi Sato

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Abstract

The present invention provides an apparatus which displays a plan wiring diagram and three-dimensional layout diagram by associating them with each other so that they can be viewed easily. A apparatus for displaying wiring includes a first storage for storing an image of a plan wiring diagram which shows parts and wirings and a second storage for storing a three-dimensional layout of an apparatus which incorporates the parts and the wirings, and a third storage for storing intermediate images transitional between a starting image in the plan wiring diagram and an ending image of a shape of the corresponding wiring in the three-dimensional layout. A processor displays the plan wiring diagram on the display device by retrieving the plan wiring diagram from the first storage based on a user's selection, and retrieves the intermediate images of a wiring from the third storage when the wiring is selected from the plan wiring diagram and displays transitions to the shape shown in the three-dimensional layout.

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Dependent claims

An apparatus for displaying a plan wiring diagram of parts and wirings in association with a three-dimensional layout of a device incorporating the parts and wirings, the apparatus comprising:

a first storage for storing an underlying drawing of the plan wiring diagram which illustrates parts and wirings;
a second storage for storing an underlying drawing of the three-dimensional layout of a device which incorporates the parts and the wirings;
a third storage for storing intermediate images of the shapes of respective pieces of wirings in the plan wiring diagram with a starting image of each piece of wiring being a shape corresponding to the wiring in the plan wiring diagram and with an ending image of each piece of wiring being a shape corresponding to the wiring in the three-dimensional layout, said intermediate images showing transition of the shape of a corresponding piece of the wiring;
and
a processor adapted to display images on a display screen, the processor being configured to:
display the plan wiring diagram in the form of said underlying drawing on the display screen by retrieving the plan wiring diagram from the first storage responsive to a user's selection,
responsive to selection of a piece of wiring by a user from the displayed plan wiring diagram, sequentially retrieve intermediate images of the shape corresponding to the selected piece of wiring from the third storage to display transition of the shape of the piece of wiring until the shape transforms into the shape that may be superimposed to a layer of the underlying drawing of the three dimensional layout.

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A apparatus for displaying a plan wiring diagram of parts and wirings in association with three-dimensional layout of a device incorporating the parts and the wirings, the apparatus comprising:

a first storage for storing an underlying drawing of the plan wiring diagram which illustrates parts and wirings;
a second storage for storing an underlying drawing of the three-dimensional layout of a device which incorporates the parts and the wirings;
a third storage for storing intermediate images of the shapes of respective pieces of wirings in the three-dimensional layout with a starting image of each piece of wiring being a shape corresponding to the wiring in the three-dimensional layout and with an ending image of each piece of wiring being a shape corresponding to the wiring in the plan wiring diagram, said intermediate images showing transition of the shape of a corresponding piece of the wiring;
and
a processor adapted to display images on a display screen, wherein the processor being configured to:
display the three-dimensional layout on the display screen in the form of said underlying drawing by retrieving the three-dimensional layout from the second storage responsive to a user's selection,
responsive to selection of a piece of wiring by a user from the displayed three-dimensional layout, sequentially retrieve the intermediate images of the piece of wiring from the third storage, and display transition of the shape of the piece of wiring until the shape transforms into the shape that may be superimposed to a layer of the underlying drawing of the plan wiring diagram.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.