Patent ID: 8155930

Claim:
A simulation apparatus for carrying out simulation for associated operation equipment provided with a plurality of mobile devices that operate in association with each other, and provided with a control device having a storage unit for storing a control program in which operation procedures are determined for the mobile devices to output control signals to the mobile devices, wherein the simulation apparatus comprises: (a) a storage device that stores a simulation program for carrying out simulation of the associated operation of the mobile devices on the basis of control signals outputted to the mobile devices; and (b) an arithmetic operation device that receives the control signals and that executes the simulation program on the basis of the control signals, wherein the control device is configured to receive position signals from the mobile devices, wherein the position signals represent operation positions of the mobile devices, and the control device is configured to output the control signals on the basis of the position signals, and the arithmetic operation device outputs pseudo position signals, corresponding to the position signals, to the control device on the basis of result data of the simulation, and the control device executes the control program on the basis of the pseudo position signals during simulation, and outputs the control signals to the arithmetic operation device.