Patent ID: 6157902
Filing Date: 2000-12-05
Classification: G05B,G06T,Y02P

Abstract:
A disassembly route producing apparatus, comprising:disassembly route search means for searching for a collision-free disassembly route when disassembling a product containing a plurality of parts, the disassembly occurring through a sequence of translations of each of the parts, in predetermined directions for predetermined distances;collision arithmetic means for determining a closest approach distance between a selected one of the plurality of parts to be translated and the remaining parts; andsaid disassembly route search means moving the selected part through the sequence of translations up to a distance corresponding to the closest approach distance, and said collision arithmetic means determining after each translation whether a collision occurred between the selected part and any of the remaining parts, and when said disassembly route search means fails to find a disassembly route for the selected part, the size of the selected part is reduced by a predetermined amount, and a search for a disassembly route is performed again.