Patent ID: 6810300
Filing Date: 2004-10-26
Classification: A41H,A61F,G06F

Abstract:
A method of designing a product to be worn on a body, the method comprising:creating a computer based body sub-model of at least a portion of the body on which the product is to be positioned; creating a computer based product sub-model of the product; defining an environment in which the body sub-model interacts with the product sub-model with an environment sub-model; interacting the body sub-model, the product sub-model, and the environment sub-model with movement of one or more of the sub-models with an interaction model; combining the body sub-model, the product sub-model, the environment sub-model and the interaction model in a use model simulating the interaction between the body sub-model, the product sub-model and the environment sub-model to produce a representation of at least one product feature of the product; and evaluating the use model to determine the performance of the at least one product feature of the product; and modifying the product sub-model in response to the performance of said product feature and reperforming the steps of interacting and combining the models in the use model and evaluating the use model to determine performance of the at least one product feature.