• Korean Journal of Computational Design and Engineering
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.87-94
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• 2007

The functional behavior of a consumer electronic product is nearly all expressed with human-machine interaction (HMI) tasks. Although physical prototyping and computer aided design (CAD) software can show the appearance of the product, they cannot properly reflect its functional behavior. In this paper, we propose an approach to virtual prototyping (VP) that incorporates HMI functional simulation into virtual reality techniques in order to enables users to capture not only the realistic look of a consumer electronic product but also its functional behavior. We adopt state transition methodology to capture the HMI functional behavior of the product into a state transition chart, which is later used to construct a finite state machine (FSM) for the functional simulation of the product. The FSM plays an important role to control the transition between states of the product. We have developed a VP system based on the proposed approach. The system receives input events such as mouse clicks on buttons and switches of the virtual prototype model, and it reacts to the events based on the FSM by activating associated activities. The system provides the realistic visualization of the product and the vivid simulation of its functional behavior using head-mounted displays (HMD) and stereo speakers. It can easily allow users to perform functional evaluation and usability testing. A case study about the virtual prototyping of an MP3 player is given to show the usefulness of the proposed approach.

• Proceedings of the Korean Operations and Management Science Society Conference
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• 2005.05a
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• pp.854-861
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• 2005

The functional behavior of a portable consumer electronic (PCE) product is nearly all expressed with human-machine interaction (HMI) tasks. Although physical prototyping and computer aided design (CAD) software can show the appearance of the product, they cannot properly reflect its functional behavior. In this paper, we propose a virtual prototyping (VP) system that incorporates virtual reality and HMI functional simulation in order to enables users to capture not only the realistic look of a PCE product but also its functional behavior. We obtain geometric part models of the product and their assembly and kinematics information with the help of CAD and reverse engineering tools, and visualize them with various display tools. We adopt state transition methodology to capture the HMI functional behavior of the product into a state transition chart, which is later used to construct a finite state machine (FSM) for the functional simulation of the product. The FSM plays an important role to control the transition between states of the product. The proposed VP system receives input events such as mouse clicks on buttons and switches of the virtual prototype model, and it reacts to the events based on the FSM by activating associated activities. The VP system provides the realistic visualization of the product and the vivid simulation of its functional behavior. It can easily allow users to perform functional evaluation and usability testing. Moreover, it can greatly reduce communication errors occurring in a typical product development process. A case study about VP of an MP3 player is given to show the usefulness of the proposed VP system.

• Proceedings of the Korea Society for Simulation Conference
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• 2000.11a
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• pp.174-179
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• 2000

Proposed in the paper is a V-FMS (Virtual Flexible Manufacturing System) model to be used as a prototyping tool for FMS design. The proposed V-FMS framework follows an object-oriented modeling (OOM) paradigm and is based on a set of user requirements for FMS prototyping. The V-FMS model consists of four types of object: virtual device, transfer handler, state manager and flow controller. A virtual device model, which corresponds to a static model in OOM, consists of two parts, shell and core, for reusability. A transfer handler corresponds to a functional model of OOM and it stores low level device commands required to perform job flow operations between giving and taking devices. The state manager and the flow controller constitute a dynamic model of OOM. The proposed V-FMS model has been implemented for a couple of linear type FMS-lines

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• v.29 no.3
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• pp.233-242
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• 2004

본 연구의 주요 목적은 자동 쌀 진공포장기의 3차원 기능적 가상시작기 모델을 개발하여 포장기의 구동시스템을 설계하고 개발하고자 하였다. 개발한 3차원 가상시작기는 주로 압축판부, 테이프부착부 및 진동판부로 구성되었다. 가상시작기의 민감도 분석을 수행하기 위해 제품포대의 두께변수를 이용하여 3차원 가상시작기를 파라미터화하였다 자동 진공포장기의 최대 처리능력 6포/분, 포대규격: 45cm${\times}$35cm을 충족하기 위해 각 주요부를 구동하는 모터 작동제어로직(motion control function)을 적절하게 설계하였다. 설계한 작동제어로직에 의하여 각 모터를 구동할 때 필요로 하는 적정 동력은 각각 100W, 25W 및 90W로 결정하였다. 연구결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 자동 진공포장기의 실제 시작기를 제조한 후 설계한 작동제어로직을 각 구동모터에 적용하여 시뮬레이션의 결과를 검증하였다. 개발한 3차원 가상시작기 모델을 시뮬레이션하여 선정한 모터들은 각 주요부를 원활하게 구동할 수 있었다. 제안한 작동제어로직은 주요부의 요구된 작동 시권스를 만족시켰으며 이때 자동진공포장기의 처리능력은 6.7 포/분이었다. 개발한 자동 쌀 진공포장기의 포장성공률은 92.6%이었다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.15-21
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• 2000

The Intelligent Manufacturing Systems (IMS) Rapid Product Development (RPD) Project is an international partnership formed to build a pre-competitive research and development program that will address the integration of new technologies in manufacturing and provide an infrastructure for industry to cooperate much more closely in the product development cycle. In this explanatory paper, a research trend of the RPD project is briefly presented, together with its background and state-of-the-art, focusing on objectives and target results of its sub-projects which include rapid development of functional parts and tools, validation and reverse engineering, and information logistic system.