| US 7,533,009 B2 | ||
| Radiator heat-dissipation simulation system | ||
| Takashi Watanabe, Saitama (Japan); Masayuki Iwata, Saitama (Japan); Koji Sakagami, Saitama (Japan); and Satoru Kiyota, Saitama (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 22, 2004, as Appl. No. 11/17,849. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2003-430855 (JP), filed on Dec. 25, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0171749 A1, Aug. 04, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06G 7/48 (2006.01); G06G 7/56 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 703—6 [703/1; 165/41; 165/44; 236/34; 715/771] | 18 Claims |
| 1. A radiator heat-dissipation simulation system using a computer in which the heat-dissipation capability of a vehicle radiator
is calculated and the result of the calculation is displayed on a screen of a display device, comprising:
a shape data input section for entering the shape data of the radiator;
a shape display section for displaying a geometric shape of the radiator calculated by the computer based on the entered shape
data;
an environmental conditions input section for setting and environmental conditions of a vehicle; and
a graph display section for calculating the heat-dissipation capability of the radiator by computer based on the entered shape
data and the environmental conditions and displaying the calculated result as a graph,
wherein the shape data input section, the shape display section, the environmental condition input section, and the graph
display section are displayed permanently and simultaneously in predetermined fixed positions that are separated relative
to each other on a single screen of the display device, and
wherein a change of the shape data and a change of the environmental conditions are immediately and visually reflected simultaneously
in both a change of the geometric shape of the radiator displayed on the shape display section of the single screen and a
change of the heat-dissipation capability of the radiator displayed on the graph display section; and
wherein an input-system screen including the shape data input section, the shape display section, and the environmental conditions
input section can be permanently and simultaneously displayed in the predetermined fixed positions on the single screen of
the display device together with the graph display section by being divided into non-overlapping left and right sides of the
single screen,
wherein the shape data input section, the shape display section, and the environmental conditions input section are disposed
on one of the left and right sides, and the graph display section is disposed on the other of the left and right sides of
the single screen,
wherein at least one slider is permanently and simultaneously displayed at another predetermined fixed position between the
shape display section and the graph display section, the at least one slider enabling a user of the system to change a temperature
lowering characteristic or a heat-dissipation characteristic of the radiator.
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