Subjects based validation of ergonomic checks in tractors through motion capturing

Publikations-Art
Kongressbeitrag
Autoren
Schempp, T.; Böttinger, S.;
Erscheinungsjahr
2017
Veröffentlicht in
17th Stuttgart International Symposium, Automotive and Engine Technology
Herausgeber
Forschungsinstitut für Kraftfahrwesen und Fahrzeugmotoren Stuttgart, FKFS;
Verlag
Springer Vieweg , Wiesbaden
Band/Volume
1/
Seite (von - bis)
595-605
Tagungsname
17th Stuttgart International Symposium, Automotive and Engine Technology
Tagungsort
Stuttgart
Tagungsdatum
14./15.03.2017
Schlagworte
Ackerschlepper, Ergonomie, Motion Capturing
Abstract

The evaluation of the ergonomic design of driver cabins is often done by asking subjects. This paper describes a motion capturing method that allows the objective analysis and evaluation of gripping areas and of the accessibility of control elements in driver cabins. A camera films subjects while they are executing use cases in a driver cabin. Simultaneously, the positions of their joints in space are measured. These positions allow calculating the angles of the joints based on the frames of the camera. Finally, comparing them with comfort angles from the literature allows the ergonomic evaluation of gripping areas. In particular, this paper explains the motion capturing process itself, the elevation procedures taken from literature and adapted to the method, and the
statistical validation of the method by subjects.

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