Patent ID: 8340949

Claim:
A vehicle test system comprising: an occupant positioning module including: a virtual vehicle module that receives a virtual vehicle having a plurality of different components; a virtual ATD module that receives a virtual dummy having a plurality of different body parts; a regulation conversion module that receives a first adapted vehicle standard and generates a set of parameters defining relationships between the virtual dummy and a generic virtual vehicle having a plurality of generic components based on the first adapted vehicle standard, the relationships including a set of fixed points on one or more of the plurality of generic components that are linked to one or more of the plurality of different body parts; and a positioning control module that determines a set of points in the virtual vehicle that correspond to the set of fixed points on the generic virtual vehicle and generates a position configuration for the virtual dummy in the virtual vehicle by linking the one or more of the plurality of different body parts to the set of points in the virtual vehicle based on the set of parameters generated by the regulation conversion module; and N groups that receive the set of parameters from the occupant position module, wherein N is an integer greater than 1, wherein when one of the N groups changes a design of the virtual vehicle, the virtual dummy is automatically positioned in the virtual vehicle using the set of parameters, thereby adhering to the first adapted vehicle standard.