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Guide and documentation system to support digital human modeling applications
Division of Ergonomics, Department of Design Sciences, Lund University, Sweden ; Saab Automobile AB, Trollhättan, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7232-9353
Division of Ergonomics, Department of Design Sciences, Lund University, Sweden.
National Institute for Working Life/West, Gothenburg, Sweden ; Division of Human Factors Engineering, Department of Product and Production Development, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden.
University of Skövde, School of Technology and Society. Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Loughborough University, Leicestershire, UK.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4596-3815
2006 (English)In: International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, ISSN 0169-8141, E-ISSN 1872-8219, Vol. 36, no 1, p. 17-24Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Car developers use digital human modeling tools to analyze and visualize car interiors in relation to human characteristics before the vehicles are actually constructed. Developers, reviewers and users of human simulation tools often claim that such tools can reduce development time and costs. In car industry companies today, human simulation tools are used by a single or a few experts in an informal working process with insufficient documentation. To prepare for extensive, effective and efficient use of human simulation modeling tools in industry with several users within a company, the aim of this study was to design and evaluate a digital guide and documentation system to support digital human modeling applications. A participative design approach was used in developing the guide, involving human simulation tool users and managers within the General Motors Group. The system consists of two major parts: a usage guide and database. The usage guide is divided into three sections considering the professionals involved: (1) initiation of human–vehicle interaction analysis, (2) preparation and running of the digital human tool and (3) recommendation formulation and closure. The guide was connected to a database with search and print capabilities for previous and ongoing human simulation analyses. Sixteen subjects from industry and university settings evaluated the support system. Results showed that the users appreciated the guide and documentation system, in particular, the database for storing human simulation work. The guide was perceived as being especially useful for guidance in large analyses, whereas for smaller ones the subjects felt the formalized guide was too lengthy and time consuming. The use of the formalized guide is likely to reduce differences in results, within and between tool users. The support system guides the simulation tool user through an acknowledged process; it documents, stores and keeps track of ongoing and previous analyses, and facilitates the reuse of studies.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier, 2006. Vol. 36, no 1, p. 17-24
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Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics
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Technology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:his:diva-1799DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2005.06.006ISI: 000234767500004Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-29944443600OAI: oai:DiVA.org:his-1799DiVA, id: diva2:32075
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The present study was performed at Saab Automobile in Sweden. It is a part of the VERDI project—Virtual Ergonomics Design Integration—supported by the Program Board for Swedish Automotive Research. The authors would like to express their gratitude to Prof. Roland Akselsson, Lund University, for his valuable comments on earlier drafts.

Available from: 2007-09-03 Created: 2007-09-03 Last updated: 2024-07-10Bibliographically approved
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1. Human vehicle interaction: drivers' body and visual behaviour and tools and process for analysis
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Human vehicle interaction: drivers' body and visual behaviour and tools and process for analysis
2004 (English)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
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Lund: Department of Design Sciences, Lund University, 2004. p. 158
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Publication / Division of Ergonomics and Aerosol Technology, Department of Design Sciences, Lund University, ISSN 1650-9773 ; 9
Keywords
Working process, Vision, Safety, Reach, Posture, Neural network, Fuzzy logic, Ergonomics, Driver behaviour, Documentation, Digital human modelling, Comfort, Button location, Car interior, Technology of other products
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Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics Vehicle Engineering
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urn:nbn:se:his:diva-24330 (URN)91-628-6153-0 (ISBN)
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2004-07-08, Stora Hörsalen, Ingvar Kamprad Design Center, Lunds Tekniska Högskola, 10:15
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Ett av sex delarbeten (övriga se rubriken Delarbeten/List of papers):

Hanson, L., Dukic, T., Sperling, L., Holmqvist, K. and Wartenberg, C. (2003) Application of Fuzzy Logic for Modeling Driver Visual Demand and Safety Perception when Operating Control Buttons in Vehicles. In: Proceedings of the XVth Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, Seoul, Korea, 24-29 August

Available from: 2024-07-10 Created: 2024-07-10 Last updated: 2024-07-12Bibliographically approved

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