An Integrated and Evaluated Simulation of Human-Seat Interaction

Wirsching, Hans-Joachim; Junker, Jürgen; Fritzsche, Florian

doi:10.4271/2006-01-2361

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“…Research has also been conducted on the modelling of motor behavior and motion sequences, for example for assessing a vehicle, a work place or a task ]. Driving motions [Parkinson and Reed 2006], ingress/egress [Cherednichenko et al 2006], accessibility in passenger compartments ], step motions [Wagner et al 2006], and sitting behavior [Wirsching et al 2006] have been examined in different research studies.…”

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Novel human factors for ergonomy evaluation in virtual environments using virtual user models

Moschonas

Kaklanis

Tzovaras

2011

Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Virtual Reality Continuum and Its Applications in Industry

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The present paper introduces a set of ergonomic factors which are evaluated by a framework that performs automatic, simulated ergonomic analysis of virtual environments. The proposed framework uses virtual user models describing users with or without physical deficiencies and evaluates the ergonomy of virtual environments for the specific users. Two novel ergonomic factors regarding comfort are introduced and compared to known physical metrics, such as torque, impulse and energy. The factors used are described in detail, according to their theoretical basis as well as their practical meaning. Experimental results illustrate the use of the proposed framework in two realistic application scenarios: a common car interior and a typical workplace design.

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