Design work assistance apparatus

• US 20030195900A1
• Filed: 02/05/2003
• Published: 10/16/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Nemoto, Hiroyuki, Nishigaki, Ichiro
• Granted Patent: US 7,062,495 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 30/00 Computer-aided design [CAD]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99932 Access augmentation or optimizing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 715/964 CAD or CAM, e.g. interactive design tools

Abstract

A design work assistance apparatus, comprising: a design work guidance means for guiding along with a process template, which represents processing steps of design work process by unit work processes in a sequence thereof; a design work history accumulation means 107 for accumulating data of design work history, in particular information relating to failures in the past, by referring to a predetermined unit work process in parallel with the design work guidance; and a knowledge visualizing means 108 for transmitting information, which has high importance among the accumulated data of the design work history (for example, a failure case), to a design worker, thereby achieving the design work guidance with utilizing the cases of the past design works effectively.

Claims

1. A design work assistance apparatus, for guiding design work, sequentially along a process template defining steps of the design work therein, comprising:

a design work history accumulating means for accumulating a design document, when a worker selects a unit process other than a next unit process, which is produced or referred in process of the design work up to just before the selection, by relating it to either one of said two (2) unit processes, being in an upper stream from the other.

8. A design work assistance apparatus, as described in the claim 1, further comprising a knowledge visualizing means for transmitting the design history information of the past, which is related to said unit process, when the user starts working of the unit process.

2. A design work assistance apparatus, for guiding design work, sequentially along a process template defining steps of the design work therein, comprising:

a design work history accumulating means for producing a copy of a process template, which describes work history up to a unit process A therein, and accumulating the process template copied, by relating it to a unit process B, when turning back to the unit process B before the unit process A under working.

3. A design work assistance apparatus, as described in the claim 2, wherein said design work history accumulating means accumulates information relating to a reason and/or cause of turning back thereto, when turning back to the unit process B before the unit process A under working, by relating it to the unit process B.

9. A design work assistance apparatus, as described in the claim 2, further comprising a knowledge visualizing means for transmitting the design history information of the past, which is related to said unit process, when the user starts working of the unit process.

10. A design work assistance apparatus, as described in the claim 3, further comprising a knowledge visualizing means for transmitting the design history information of the past, which is related to said unit process, when the user starts working of the unit process.

4. A design work assistance apparatus, for guiding design work, sequentially along a process template defining steps of the design work therein, comprising:

a design work history accumulating means for producing a copy of a process template, which describes work history up to a unit process C therein, and accumulating the process template copied, by relating it to a unit process A, when advancing to the unit process C by jumping over at least one unit process from the unit process under working.

5. A design work assistance apparatus, as described in the claim 4, wherein said design work history accumulating means accumulates information relating to a reason and/or cause of omitting the unit processes up to the unit process C, when advancing to the unit process C by jumping over at least one unit process from the unit process under working, by relating it to the unit process A.

11. A design work assistance apparatus, as described in the claim 4, further comprising a knowledge visualizing means for transmitting the design history information of the past, which is related to said unit process, when the user starts working of the unit process.

12. A design work assistance apparatus, as described in the claim 5, further comprising a knowledge visualizing means for transmitting the design history information of the past, which is related to said unit process, when the user starts working of the unit process.

6. A design work assistance apparatus, for guiding design work, sequentially along a process template defining steps of the design work therein, comprising:

a design work history accumulating means for producing a copy of a process template, which describes work history up to a unit process A therein, and accumulating the process template copied, by relating it to a unit process B, when turning back to a unit process B before the unit process A under working, and for producing a copy of a process template, which describes work history up to a unit process C therein, and accumulating the process template copied, by relating it to the unit process A, when advancing to the unit process C by jumping over at least one unit process from the unit process A under working.

7. A design work assistance apparatus, as described in the claim 6, wherein said design work history accumulating means accumulates information relating to a reason and/or cause of turning back thereto, when turning back to the unit process B before the unit process A under working, by relating it to the unit process B, and accumulates information relating to a reason and/or cause of omitting the unit processes up to the unit process C, when advancing to the unit process C by jumping over at least one unit process from the unit process under working, by relating it to the unit process A.

13. A design work assistance apparatus, as described in the claim 6, further comprising a knowledge visualizing means for transmitting the design history information of the past, which is related to said unit process, when the user starts working of the unit process.

14. A design work assistance apparatus, as described in the claim 7, further comprising a knowledge visualizing means for transmitting the design history information of the past, which is related to said unit process, when the user starts working of the unit process.