Method and recording medium

• US 8,577,920 B2
• Filed: 02/08/2008
• Issued: 11/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Hayashi, Hirooki
• Primary Examiner(s): LU, KUEN S
• Application Number:
  US12/028,554
• Publication Number:
  US 20080222110A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,097 Days
• Field of Search: 707/5, 707/780
• US Class Current: 707/780
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 30/00 Computer-aided design [CAD]

Abstract

A method executed by a computer includes searching a design subject having similar attribute information from attribute information on a design subject designed in the past and histories of descriptions of improvements based on input information on a design subject; obtaining a description of an improvement on the searched design subject having similar attribute information from the histories, obtaining a design subject the description of an improvement of which has an effect of the improvement, and outputting improved input information, wherein the attribute information contributing to the improvement of the design subject is obtained and reflected in the input information, and the history of the improved input information is stored.

Claims

1. A design method by computer comprising:

an attribute searching operation searching for a design subject having similar attribute information similar to attribute information on a design subject designed in the past and histories of descriptions of improvements based on input information on the design subject;

an improved part obtaining operation obtaining a description of an improvement on the searched design subject having the similar attribute information from the histories;

an attribute calculation operation performing an operation on the similar attribute information of the design subject and obtaining a design subject having the description of an improvement of which has an effect of the improvement; and

an output operation outputting improved input information,

wherein the improved part obtaining operation obtains the attribute information contributing to the improvement of the design subject, reflects the attribute information in the input information and stores the history of the improved input information based on the operation result of the attribute calculation operation, and

wherein the attribute calculation operation sorts design subjects having similar attribute information in a decreasing order of the degree of effect of improvements corresponding to the descriptions of the improvements by performing an operation on the attribute information of the design subjects.

2. The design method according to claim 1, wherein the attribute calculation operation sorts design subjects based on the descriptions of improvements.

3. The design method according to claim 1, wherein the improved part obtaining operation automatically reflects the attribute information of the description of the improvement having the highest degree of effect of the improvement, which is obtained by the operation by the attribute calculation operation, to the input information.

4. The design method according to claim 1, wherein the similar attribute information is at least one selected from form information, assembly information, surface processing information and material information.

5. The design method according to claim 1, wherein the effect of an improvement corresponding to the description of an improvement is expressed by a numerical value or non-numerical value.

6. The design method according to claim 1, wherein each of the histories includes the description of an improvement obtained through multiple form changes.

7. A recording medium storing a program causing a computer to perform:

an attribute searching operation searching for a design subject having similar attribute information similar to attribute information on the design subject designed in the past and histories of descriptions of improvements, which are stored in a storage device, based on input information on a design subject;

an improved part obtaining operation obtaining a description of an improvement on the searched design subject having the similar attribute information from the histories;

an attribute calculation operation performing an operation on the similar attribute information of the design subject and obtaining a design subject having the description of an improvement of which has an effect of the improvement; and

an output operation outputting improved input information,

wherein the improved part obtaining operation obtains attribute information contributing to the improvement of the design subject, reflects the attribute information in the input information and stores the history of the improved input information based on the operation result of the attribute calculation operation, and

wherein the attribute calculation operation sorts design subjects having similar attribute information in a decreasing order of the degree of effect of improvements corresponding to the descriptions of the improvements by performing an operation on the attribute information of the design subjects.

8. The recording medium according to claim 7, wherein the improved part obtaining operation automatically reflects the attribute information of the description of the improvement having the highest degree of effect of the improvement, which is obtained by the operation by the attribute calculation operation to the input information.

9. The recording medium according to claim 7, wherein the similar attribute information is at least one selected from form information, assembly information, surface processing information and material information.

10. The recording medium according to claim 7, wherein the effect of an improvement corresponding to the description of an improvement is expressed by a numerical value or non-numerical value.

11. A design apparatus comprising:

an attribute searching device searching for a design subject having similar attribute information similar to attribute information on a design subject designed in the past and histories of descriptions of improvements based on input information on the design subject;

an improved part obtaining device obtaining a description of an improvement on the searched design subject having the similar attribute information from the histories;

an attribute calculation device performing an operation on the similar attribute information of the design subject and obtaining a design subject having the description of an improvement of which has an effect of the improvement; and

an output device outputting improved input information,

wherein the improved part obtaining device obtains attribute information contributing to the improvement of the design subject, reflects the attribute information in the input information and stores the history of the improved input information based on the operation result of the attribute calculation device, and

wherein the attribute calculation device sorts design subjects having similar attribute information in a decreasing order of the degree of effect of improvements corresponding to the descriptions of the improvements by performing an operation on the attribute information of the design subjects.