1. An operability verification apparatus having a main frame body section that performs operation, a display screen that displays an image, and a pointing device that is moved by user’s hand and notifies the main frame body section of direction of movement and migration length, wherein the image of a three-dimensional model on data that represents an equipment as an object to be verified is displayed on the display screen, and an operability of the equipment is verified by a simulation, the operability verification apparatus comprising:
a work plane generation section that generates a work plane formed of a horizontal plane which intersects the equipment as the object when the equipment is disposed in a real space, on a virtual space where the three-dimensional model is disposed;
a plane display section where a two-dimensional image on the work plane generated in the work plane generation section of the three-dimensional model is displayed on the display screen;
a display scale management section that manages a ratio of a display size of the equipment on the display screen to a real size of the equipment; and
a mark display update section in which a mark representative of the pointing device is displayed on the display screen, and upon receipt of the notification of direction of movement and migration length of the pointing device, the mark on the display screen is moved in the direction of the movement corresponding to the direction of the movement of the pointing device by only a migration length in which the ratio is considered, the ratio being managed in the display scale management section, and
a pseudo user table that describes body sizes of an operator who operates the pointing device and body sizes of a pseudo user assuming a user who uses the equipment, wherein
the mark display update section moves the mark on the display screen by only a migration length in consideration of a difference in body sizes between the operator and the pseudo user as well as the ratio.
2. The operability verification apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an initial position setting section wherein an initial operation position of the pointing device is associated with an initial display position of the mark on the display screen.
3. The operability verification apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an item table that describes two or more kinds of marks on the display screen, the marks each being representative of the pointing device, and
wherein the mark display update section receives a specification of the kind of the mark by the operator, and displays a specified kind of mark on the display screen.
4. The operability verification apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the mark display update section displays on the display screen movement tracks of the mark or a line where a predetermined initial position and a present location of the mark are connected with one another.
5. The operability verification apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
a part specification section that specifies parts that compose the three-dimensional model; and
a part control section that moves parts specified by the part specification section in synchronism with the movement of the mark.
6. The operability verification apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising a warning sending section that generates a warning upon receipt of generation of a state where movement of the parts is disturbed.
7. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing an operability verification program which is executed in an information processing apparatus having a main frame body section, a display screen that displays an image, and a pointing device that is moved by user’s hand and notifies the main frame body section of direction of movement and migration length, so that the operability verification program causes the information processing apparatus to operate as an operability verification apparatus wherein the image of a three-dimensional model on data that represents an equipment as an object to be verified is displayed on the display screen, and an operability of the equipment is verified by a simulation, the operability verification program causing the information processing apparatus to operate as the operability verification apparatus comprising:
a work plane generation section that generates a work plane formed of a horizontal plane which intersects the equipment as the object when the equipment is disposed in a real space, on a virtual space where the three-dimensional model is disposed;
a plane display section where a two-dimensional image on the work plane generated in the work plane generation section of the three-dimensional model is displayed on the display screen;
a display scale management section that manages a ratio of a display size of the equipment on the display screen to a real size of the equipment; and
a mark display update section in which a mark representative of the pointing device is displayed on the display screen, and upon receipt of the notification of direction of movement and migration length of the pointing device, the mark on the display screen is moved in the direction of the movement corresponding to the direction of the movement of the pointing device by only a migration length in which the ratio is considered, the ratio being managed in the display scale management section, and
a pseudo user table that describes body sizes of an operator who operates the pointing device and body sizes of a pseudo user assuming a user who uses the equipment, wherein
the mark display update section moves the mark on the display screen by only a migration length in consideration of a difference in body size between the operator and the pseudo user as well as the ratio.
8. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 7, wherein the operability verification program causes the information processing apparatus to operate as the operability verification apparatus further comprising an initial position setting section wherein an initial operation position of the pointing device is associated with an initial display position of the mark on the display screen.
9. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 7, wherein the operability verification program causes the information processing apparatus to operate as the operability verification apparatus further comprising an item table that describes two or more kinds of marks on the display screen, the marks each being representative of the pointing device, and
wherein the mark display update section receives a specification of the kind of the mark by the operator, and displays a specified kind of mark on the display screen.
10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 7, wherein the operability verification program causes the information processing apparatus to operate as the operability verification apparatus wherein the mark display update section displays on the display screen movement tracks of the mark.
11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 7, wherein the operability verification program causes the information processing apparatus to operate as the operability verification apparatus further comprising:
a part specification section that specifies parts that compose the three-dimensional model; and
a part control section that moves parts specified by the part specification section in synchronism with the movement of the mark.
12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 7, wherein the operability verification program causes the information processing apparatus to operate as the operability verification apparatus further comprising a warning sending section that generates a warning upon receipt of generation of a state where movement of the parts is disturbed.
13. An operability verification method in which there is used an operability verification apparatus having a main frame body section that performs operation, a display screen that displays an image, and a pointing device that is moved by user’s hand and notifies the main frame body section of direction of movement and migration length, wherein the image of a three-dimensional model on data that represents an equipment as an object to be verified is displayed on the display screen, and an operability of the equipment is verified by a simulation, the operability verification method comprising:
work-plane-generating including generating a work plane formed of a horizontal plane which intersects the equipment as the object when the equipment is disposed in a real space, on a virtual space where the three-dimensional model is disposed;
plane-displaying including displaying a two-dimensional image on the work plane generated in the work-plane-generating of the three-dimensional model on the display screen;
display-scale-managing including managing a ratio of a display size of the equipment on the display screen to a real size of the equipment; and
mark-display-updating including displaying a mark representative of the pointing device on the display screen, and through moving the pointing device and notifying the main frame body section of a direction of movement and a migration length of the pointing device, moving the mark on the display screen in the direction of the movement corresponding to the direction of the movement of the pointing device by only a migration length in which the ratio is considered, the ratio being managed in the display-scale-managing, wherein
the operability verification apparatus stores a pseudo user table that describes body sizes of an operator who operates the pointing device and body sizes of a pseudo user assuming a user who uses the equipment, and
the mark-display-updating includes moving the mark on the display screen by only a migration length in consideration of a difference in body sizes between the operator and the pseudo user as well as the ratio.
14. The operability verification method according to claim 13, further comprising initial-position-setting including associating an initial operation position of the pointing device with an initial display position of the mark on the display screen.
15. The operability verification method according to claim 13, wherein the operability verification apparatus stores an item table that describes two or more kinds of marks on the display screen, the marks each being representative of the pointing device, and
wherein the mark-display-updating specifies the kind of the mark, and displays a specified kind of mark on the display screen.
16. The operability verification method according to claim 13, wherein the mark-display-updating displays on the display screen movement tracks of the mark.
17. The operability verification method according to claim 13, further comprising:
part-specifying including specifying parts that compose the three-dimensional model; and
part-controlling including moving parts specified by the part-specifying in synchronism with the movement of the mark.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
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25. A device, comprising:
a display to present at least content; and
a user interface module to:
determine characteristics for the content;
determine characteristics for the display;
reconfigure the content for presentation on the display based at least on the content characteristics and the display characteristics; and
cause the reconfigured content to be presented on the display.
26. The device of claim 25, wherein the content characteristics comprise at least one of content size, shape, orientation, resolution, color composition and subject matter.
27. The device of claim 25, wherein the display characteristics comprise at least one of display size, resolution, refresh rate and surface shape.
28. The device of claim 25, wherein the user interface module being to reconfigure the content comprises the user interface module being to:
determine at least one portion of the content for presentation on the display based on the subject matter determined for the content;
alter at least one of size, shape, orientation, resolution or color composition of the at least one portion of content; and
cause the reconfigured content to be presented comprises the user interface module being to cause the at least one portion of content to be presented on the display.
29. The device of claim 28, wherein the user interface module is further to cause the device to determine contextual information comprising at least one of user identification, user activity, device location, device orientation, time, environmental conditions or identification of other proximate devices.
30. The device of claim 29, wherein the user interface module being to reconfigure the content for presentation comprises the user interface module being to select subject matter for determining the at least one portion of content based on the contextual information.
31. The device of claim 25, wherein the user interface module is further to determine user preferences for use in reconfiguring the content for presentation on the display.
32. The device of claim 31, wherein the user preferences are based on previous user actions.
33. A method, comprising:
triggering a requirement to present content on a display in a device;
determining characteristics for the content;
determining characteristics for the display;
reconfiguring the content for presentation on the display based at least on the content characteristics and the display characteristics; and
causing the reconfigured content to be presented on the display.
34. The method of claim 33, wherein the content characteristics comprise at least one of content size, shape, orientation, resolution, color composition and subject matter.
35. The method of claim 33, wherein the display characteristics comprise at least one of display size, resolution, refresh rate and surface shape.
36. The method of claim 33, wherein reconfiguring the content comprises:
determining at least one portion of the content for presentation on the display based on the subject matter determined for the content; and
altering at least one of size, shape, orientation, resolution or color composition of the at least one portion of content.
37. The method of claim 36, wherein causing the reconfigured content to be presented comprises causing the at least one portion of content to be presented on the display.
38. The method of claim 36, further comprising:
causing the device to determine contextual information comprising at least one of user identification, user activity, device location, device orientation, time, environmental conditions or identification of other proximate devices.
39. The method of claim 38, wherein reconfiguring the content for presentation comprises selecting subject matter for determining the at least one portion of content based on the contextual information.
40. The method of claim 33, further comprising:
determining user preferences for use in reconfiguring the content for presentation on the display.
41. At least one machine-readable storage medium having stored thereon, individually or in combination, instructions that when executed by one or more processors result in the following operations comprising:
triggering a requirement to present content on a display in a device;
determining characteristics for the content;
determining characteristics for the display;
reconfiguring the content for presentation on the display based at least on the content characteristics and the display characteristics; and
causing the reconfigured content to be presented on the display.
42. The medium of claim 41, wherein the content characteristics comprise at least one of content size, shape, orientation, resolution, color composition and subject matter.
43. The medium of claim 41, wherein the display characteristics comprise at least one of display size, resolution, refresh rate and surface shape.
44. The medium of claim 41, wherein reconfiguring the content comprises:
determining at least one portion of the content for presentation on the display based on the subject matter determined for the content; and
altering at least one of size, shape, orientation, resolution or color composition of the at least one portion of content.
45. The medium of claim 44, wherein causing the reconfigured content to be presented comprises causing the at least one portion of content to be presented on the display.
46. The medium of claim 44, further comprising instructions that when executed by one or more processors result in the following operations comprising:
causing the device to determine contextual information comprising at least one of user identification, user activity, device location, device orientation, time, environmental conditions or identification of other proximate devices.
47. The medium of claim 46, wherein reconfiguring the content for presentation comprises selecting subject matter for determining the at least one portion of content based on the contextual information.
48. The medium of claim 41, further comprising instructions that when executed by one or more processors result in the following operations comprising:
determining user preferences for use in reconfiguring the content for presentation on the display.