Patent ID: 8276091

Claim:
A system for simulating hazard assessment in humans for display, the display comprising: at least one database comprising a plurality of pre-assembled virtual objects, a plurality virtual passageways, and a plurality of the rigid haptic layers, each of the plurality of pre-assembled virtual objects being modeled from a physical object, each of plurality virtual passageways having dimensional information modeled from a biological anatomical region, and each rigid haptic layers for detecting a force being applied to a corresponding virtual passage way; a user interface to: generate the plurality of pre-assembled virtual objects and the plurality virtual passageways for display; receive a first input selecting a particular virtual object from the plurality of pre-assembled virtual objects; receive a second input selecting a particular virtual passageway from the plurality virtual passageways; generate the particular virtual object for display; generate the particular virtual passageway for display, the virtual passageway comprising a corresponding rigid haptic layer retrieved from the at least one database; generate a first reference layer that corresponds to a different anatomical entity for display, the first reference layer for detecting a first resistance; generate a second reference layer that corresponds to a second different anatomical entity, the second reference layer for detecting a second resistance; and receive a third input controlling movement of the particular virtual object through the particular passageway; and a processor to: calculate the magnitude of a force generated by interaction between the virtual object and the corresponding rigid haptic layer, the first resistance detected at the first reference layer, and the second resistance detected at the second reference layer; and generate hazard data for display based on the calculated magnitude of the force display the interaction of the virtual object with the virtual passageway in one of a two-dimensional or three-dimensional view.