This paper introduces a novel method to compute obstruction area on a driver's instrument panels. The obstruction area is usually generated by a steering wheel, hub and spoke and must be considered at the early stage of automobile deign. The current a...
This paper introduces a novel method to compute obstruction area on a driver's instrument panels. The obstruction area is usually generated by a steering wheel, hub and spoke and must be considered at the early stage of automobile deign. The current approach to computing obstruction area is proposed by SAE and based on 2D drafting procedures so that it is not precise and error-prone. In the paper we model the obstruction area as the shadows of the steering wheel, hub and spoke considering the human eye as,<br/>
Light sources. For computing obstruction area we present an efficient algorithm based on ray tracing and space transformations. It gives ~ore precise results than SAE approach and can be applied when free form curves are <br/>