Pose to seat: automated design of body-supporting surfaces

DOI10.1016/J.CAGD.2020.101855MaRDI QIDQ2180634zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Kurt Leimer, Andreas Winkler, Stefan Ohrhallinger, Przemyslaw Musialski

Publication date 14 May 2020

Published in Computer Aided Geometric Design (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2003.10435

zbMATH Keywords

computer-aided designgeometric modelingmesh generationmesh optimization

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Computer-aided design (modeling of curves and surfaces) (65D17)

Abstract: The design of functional seating furniture is a complicated process which often requires extensive manual design effort and empirical evaluation. We propose a computational design framework for pose-driven automated generation of body-supports which are optimized for comfort of sitting. Given a human body in a specified pose as input, our method computes an approximate pressure distribution that also takes frictional forces and body torques into consideration which serves as an objective measure of comfort. Utilizing this information to find out where the body needs to be supported in order to maintain comfort of sitting, our algorithm can create a supporting mesh suited for a person in that specific pose. This is done in an automated fitting process, using a template model capable of supporting a large variety of sitting poses. The results can be used directly or can be considered as a starting point for further interactive design.

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• A study on the design model of desks and chairs based on the human spine
• Sitting Assistance that Considers User Posture Tolerance

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• ABAQUS/Standard

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