Visualization and Classification of Strategy for Entering Car 2005-01-2683

This paper proposes a method for visualizing and classifying the variation in the motions of a person when entering a passenger vehicle. Entering behaviors vary greatly between individuals, especially if the vehicle door is designed to have large clearance. The present study was conducted with the aim of supporting the design process of seats and front doors by visualizing possible variations of entering motions using a motion database, rather than calculating a single representative movement. The motion database is consist of different motions caused by various seats, and the motions are classified by mapping them into two-dimensional plane according to the similarities between them. A representative entering motion for a clustered motion strategy group is synthesized and visualized on the 2D distribution plane by interpolating existing motions in the database.