Information processing device, information processing system, and information processing method

Abstract

To provide an information processing device capable of appropriately searching for information based on various relationships between a plurality of elements.SOLUTION: An information processing device 5 for searching for information related to material components comprises: an input information acquisition unit 501 which acquires input information 111 indicative of characteristics of a material; and a relationship identification information output unit 502 which outputs relationship identification information 112 in which a relationship of a plurality of elements is identified on the basis of the input information 111, the plurality of elements composed of one or a plurality of component elements indicative of a material component and one or a plurality of feature elements indicative of any of chemical features, physical features, or application-related features of the component.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to an information processing device, an information processing system, and an information processing method. [Background technology]

[0002] BACKGROUND ART A service providing system has been disclosed that presents knowledge corresponding to the state of an analysis target based on information about the analysis target and information indicating the state of the analysis target (see Patent Document 1). [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] Patent No. 6995871 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] The service provision system disclosed in Patent Document 1 extracts co-occurrence relationships between elements and stores the element IDs indicating the co-occurrence relationships as a knowledge base, but is unable to extract relationships between elements other than co-occurrence relationships.

[0005] In view of the above-mentioned problems, an object of the present invention is to provide an information processing device, an information processing system, and an information processing method that are capable of appropriately searching for relationship specifying information related to known information. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] In order to achieve the above object, an information processing device according to one aspect of the present invention comprises: An information processing device that searches for information related to components of a substance, an input information acquisition unit that acquires input information indicating characteristics of the substance; a relationship specifying information output unit that outputs relationship specifying information that specifies a relationship between a plurality of elements, the relationship being composed of one or more component elements that indicate the components of the substance and one or more characteristic elements that indicate any of chemical characteristics, physical characteristics, and application characteristics of the components, based on the input information; Equipped with. [Effects of the Invention]

[0007] According to an information processing device according to an aspect of the present invention, it is possible to appropriately search for information based on various relationships between a plurality of elements.

[0008] Problems, configurations, and effects other than those described above will become apparent from the detailed description of the invention that follows. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0009] [Figure 1] 1 is a diagram illustrating an overall configuration of an example of an information processing system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 2] 1 shows an example of a data structure diagram of relationship information 110 stored in the database device 3 of this embodiment. [Figure 3] Examples of chemical characteristics, physical characteristics, and application characteristics of the characteristic elements of this embodiment are shown below. [Figure 4] 10 shows an example of a management feature of the characteristic element of this embodiment. [Figure 5] 1 shows an example of an image of relationship information 110 stored in the database device 3 of this embodiment. [Figure 6] FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of an information processing device 5 according to the present embodiment. [Figure 7] 10 shows an example of an image of relationship specifying information 112 output by information processing device 5 of this embodiment. [Figure 8] FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of a user terminal device 6 of the present embodiment. [Figure 9] FIG. 9 is a hardware configuration diagram showing an example of a computer 900 according to the present embodiment. [Figure 10]10 is a flowchart showing an example of an information processing method performed by the information processing device 5 and the user terminal device 6 of this embodiment. [Figure 11] 10 shows an example of an input screen of the user terminal device 6 of this embodiment. [Figure 12] 10 shows an example of an output screen of the user terminal device 6 of this embodiment. [Figure 13] 10 shows another example of the output screen of the user terminal device 6 of this embodiment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0010] Hereinafter, an embodiment for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The scope necessary for the explanation to achieve the object of the present invention will be schematically shown, and the scope necessary for explaining the relevant part of the present invention will be mainly explained, and the parts that are omitted from the explanation will be based on publicly known techniques.

[0011] (Information Processing System 1) FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram showing an example of an information processing system 1 according to the first embodiment. The information processing system 1 according to this embodiment functions as a system for searching for information related to the components of a substance. The information processing system 1 mainly comprises a measuring device 2, a database device 3, an information processing device 5, and a user terminal device 6. The database device 3, the information processing device 5, and the user terminal device 6 are configured, for example, as general-purpose or dedicated computers (see FIG. 4 described below), and are connected to a wired or wireless network 7 so as to be able to mutually transmit and receive various data (in FIG. 1, transmission and reception of some data is indicated by dashed arrows). Note that the numbers of the measuring devices 2, the database device 3, the information processing device 5, and the user terminal devices 6, as well as the connection configuration of the network 7, are not limited to the example shown in FIG. 1 and may be changed as appropriate.

[0012] (2 measuring devices, 3 database devices) An example of the measuring instrument 2 used in this embodiment measures analytical data 111a such as spectra, thermal properties, chromatograms, images, and mass. The analytical data 111a measured by the measuring instrument 2 is stored in the database device 3, used for searches by the information processing device 5, or displayed on the user terminal device 6. The database device 3 stores relationship information 110 including one or more component elements indicating the components of a substance, one or more characteristic elements indicating the chemical characteristics, physical characteristics, application characteristics, or management characteristics of the component, and relationship elements indicating the relationships between multiple elements consisting of the component elements and the characteristic elements. A user U can store new component elements, characteristic elements, and relationship elements in the database device 3 at any time. The database device 3 may also be equipped with a search engine.

[0013] (Relationship information) 2 shows an example of a data structure diagram of the relationship information 110 stored in the database device 3 of this embodiment. The relationship information 110 of this embodiment includes one or more component elements indicating the components of a substance, one or more characteristic elements indicating any of the chemical characteristics, physical characteristics, application characteristics, and management characteristics of the component, and a relationship element indicating the relationship between a plurality of elements made up of the component elements and characteristic elements.

[0014] In this embodiment, the component element refers to the basic component that constitutes a substance. The component is not limited to one type of element, and may include a pure substance consisting of two or more types of elements. In this embodiment, the relationship element refers to the relationship between one or more component elements and one or more characteristic elements.

[0015] 3A and 3B show examples of chemical characteristics, physical characteristics, and application characteristics of the characteristic elements of this embodiment. Fig. 3A shows an example of the chemical characteristics of the characteristic elements, Fig. 3B shows an example of the physical characteristics, and Fig. 3C shows an example of the application characteristics.

[0016] The chemical characteristics of this embodiment may be analytical data 111a measured by a measuring instrument 2 or the like. The analytical data 111a may be at least one of a spectrum, thermal properties, a chromatogram, an image, and a mass. The spectrum may be, for example, an infrared absorption spectrum measured by an infrared spectrophotometer or the like. The thermal properties may be thermal property data such as specific heat, glass transition temperature, melting point, freezing point, boiling point, or crystallization temperature. The chromatogram may be a chromatogram measured by liquid chromatography or gas chromatography. For example, it may be a total ion current chromatogram, a mass chromatogram, or the like. The image may be image data acquired by a scanning electron microscope, or data such as a photograph or video taken by a camera or the like. The mass may be a mass spectrum measured by a mass spectrometer, or the like.

[0017] The physical characteristics in this embodiment may be at least one of color, hardness, brittleness, transparency, viscosity, and state. Color may be a color name or numerical data such as a color code or Munsell notation. Hardness may be expressed as hard / soft, or numerical data such as hardness. Brittleness may be expressed as brittle or hard, or numerical data of brittleness obtained from an impact test or the like. Transparency may be expressed as transparent, translucent, opaque, or numerical data such as transmittance. Viscosity may be the presence or absence of viscosity, or numerical data measured with a viscometer. State may indicate solid, semi-solid, liquid, gas, or the like.

[0018] The use feature of this embodiment may be at least one of a substance use and an ingredient-incorporated use. The substance use indicates the use of the substance in which the ingredient is contained. For example, if the substance is a rubber band, the substance use may be rubber band. The ingredient-incorporated use indicates the use of the ingredient in the substance. For example, if the ingredient in the substance is used as a filler, the ingredient-incorporated use may be filler.

[0019] 4 shows an example of a management feature of the feature element of this embodiment. The management feature of this embodiment may be any one of a product feature, a facility feature, a process feature, and a reporting feature. The product feature indicates a product that uses a substance or ingredient, the facility feature indicates a facility that uses a substance or ingredient, and the process feature indicates a process that uses a substance or ingredient. The reporting feature indicates past reporting data for at least one of the product, facility, process, substance, and ingredient.

[0020] The product characteristic may be at least one of a product type characteristic indicating the type of product and a material component characteristic indicating the components of the material used in the product. Also, the material component characteristic may be at least one of a material component type characteristic and a material component origin characteristic. The material component type characteristic indicates the type of the component of the material, and the material component origin characteristic indicates the origin of the component of the material.

[0021] The product type characteristic may be a product name indicating the name of the product, for example, the product name may be a bottle or a cap. The material component type characteristic may be a material component name indicating the name of the component of the material, for example, the material component name may be an element name or a pure substance name. The material component origin characteristic may be at least one of a contamination cause indicating the cause of contamination or occurrence of the component, a contamination location indicating the location where the component was contamination or occurrence, and a contamination process indicating the process where the component was contamination or occurrence. The contamination cause may be a leak, splash, human error, heating conditions, etc. The contamination location may be a line name, etc. The contamination process may be XX process, etc.

[0022] The facility features may be a company name indicating the name of the company, a factory name indicating the name of the factory, a department name indicating the name of the department, and a facility location indicating the location of the facility. For example, the company name may be XX Co., Ltd., the factory name may be XX Factory, the department name may be XX Department XX Section, and the facility location may be an address or longitude and latitude.

[0023] The process feature indicates the use process using the component, and may be, for example, XX process, etc. The report feature indicates the data of the report created by the user U, and may be the content or keywords of the report, etc.

[0024] 5 shows an example of the image of the relationship information 110 stored in the database device 3 of this embodiment. As shown in Fig. 5, the relationship information 110 stored in the database device 3 of this embodiment can be represented as a graph in which component elements and feature elements are nodes and relationship elements are edges. For example, a relationship element indicating the relationship between A indicating a component element or feature element and B indicating a component element or feature element may be a term indicating the relationship, such as "measurement" indicating that the measurement data of element A is element B, "report" indicating that element A is reported by element B, "occurrence" indicating that the process in which element A occurs is element B, or "use" indicating that element A is used as element B.

[0025] (Information processing device 5) 6 is a block diagram showing an example of an information processing device 5 according to this embodiment. The information processing device 5 searches for information related to components of a predetermined substance. The information processing device 5 includes a control unit 50 that acquires, processes, or outputs various pieces of information for the search, a communication unit 51 that is connected to the database device 3, the user terminal device 6, etc. and functions as a communication interface that transmits and receives various pieces of data, and a storage unit 52 that stores various pieces of information such as various programs (such as an operating system or a user terminal program) and data (preliminary relationship information 110a) used in the operation of the information processing device 5.

[0026] The control unit 50 functions as an input information acquisition unit 501 and a relationship specifying information output unit 502 .

[0027] The input information acquisition unit 501 acquires, as input information 111, at least one of analytical data 111a measured by the measuring device 2 and user input information 111b entered by the user U into the user terminal device 6. In this embodiment, the input information acquisition unit 501 acquires (receives) the input information 111 from the measuring device 2 and the user terminal device 6 via the network 7 and the communication unit 51. The input information 111 in this embodiment is one or more elements of the chemical characteristics, physical characteristics, and application characteristics shown in FIG. 3, or the administrative characteristics shown in FIG. 4, and the characteristics shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 can be interpreted as input information. For example, when a chemical characteristic is used as the input information 111, it can be referred to as chemical input information, and when an administrative characteristic is used as the input information 111, it can be referred to as administrative input information.

[0028] The relationship specifying information output unit 502 specifies related information from the relationship information 110 stored in the database device 3 and the preliminary relationship information 110a stored in the storage unit 52 based on the input information 111 acquired by the input information acquisition unit 501, and outputs the specified information as relationship specifying information 112. In this embodiment, the relationship specifying information output unit 502 outputs (transmits) the relationship specifying information 112 via the communication unit 51 and the network 7.

[0029] Specifically, the relationship identification information output unit 502 may extract, from the database device 3 that stores relationship information 110 including a plurality of component elements, a plurality of feature elements, and a relation element that relates a plurality of elements consisting of a plurality of component elements and a plurality of feature elements, component elements related to the input information 111 and other component elements and feature elements that are associated with the component elements by the relation element, and may output relationship identification information 112 by extracting the feature elements related to the input information 111 and component elements and other feature elements that are associated with the feature elements by the relation element.

[0030] 7 shows an example of an image of the relationship specifying information 112 output by the information processing device 5 of this embodiment. The relationship specifying information 112, like the relationship information 110, includes component elements and features. It can be represented as a graph with elements as nodes and relational elements as edges. The relationship specifying information 112 may be output by selecting some elements from the relationship information 110. The number of nodes in the relationship specifying information 112 may be determined in advance, or may be selected or input on an input screen.

[0031] Furthermore, the relationship specifying information output unit 502 performs output processing for outputting the relationship specifying information 112. For example, the relationship specifying information output unit 502 transmits the relationship specifying information 112 to the user terminal device 6, whereby the user terminal device 6 outputs a display screen or audio based on the relationship specifying information 112. Furthermore, the relationship specifying information output unit 502 may output the relationship specifying information 112 to at least one of the database device 3 and the storage unit 52, and store it therein.

[0032] The storage unit 52 stores in advance various programs (such as an operating system or a user terminal program) used in the operation of the information processing device 5, various information such as preliminary relationship information 110a, etc. The preliminary relationship information 110a may be part or all of the relationship information 110, such as an index. The storage unit 52 may also store the relationship specifying information 112 output from the relationship specifying information output unit 502 as new preliminary relationship information 110a. The storage unit 52 may be substituted by a storage unit of an external computer (for example, a server-type computer or a cloud-type computer) such as the database device 3. In this case, the control unit 50 may simply access the external computer. If the database device 3 is equipped with a search engine, the preliminary relationship information 110a is not necessary.

[0033] (User terminal device 6) 8 is a block diagram showing an example of a user terminal device 6 according to this embodiment. The user terminal device 6 is a device used by a user U when searching for information related to a substance or component. The user terminal device 6 may be a portable device such as a personal computer or a smartphone. The user terminal device 6 includes a control unit 60, a communication unit 61, a storage unit 62, an input unit 64, and an output unit 65.

[0034] The communication unit 61 is connected to external devices (e.g., the database device 3 and the information processing device 5, etc.) via the network 7, and functions as a communication interface for transmitting and receiving various types of data. The storage unit 62 stores various programs (e.g., an operating system, a user terminal program, etc.) and data used in the operation of the user terminal device 6. The input unit 64 accepts various input operations and may be a keyboard, a voice input device, etc. For example, the input unit 64 in this embodiment may input user input information 111b. The output unit 65 functions as a user interface by outputting various types of information via a display screen or voice. For example, the output unit 65 in this embodiment may output the relationship specifying information 112.

[0035] The control unit 60 includes a user input information processing unit 601 that performs processing to transmit user input information 111b input from the input unit 64 to the information processing device 5 via the network 7, and a relationship identification information processing unit 602 that performs processing to output relationship identification information 112 transmitted from the information processing device 5 via the network 7 to the output unit 65.

[0036] The database device 3, the information processing device 5, and the user terminal device 6 may be separate devices as in this embodiment, or may be an integrated device. For example, the database device 3 and the information processing device 5 may be integrated into a device, the information processing device 5 and the user terminal device 6 may be integrated into a device, the database device 3 and the user terminal device 6 may be integrated into a device, or the database device 3, the information processing device 5, and the user terminal device 6 may be integrated into a device.

[0037] (Hardware configuration of each device) 9 is a hardware configuration diagram showing an example of a computer 900 according to this embodiment. The control unit 50 of the information processing device 5, the user terminal device 6, etc. are configured by a general-purpose or dedicated computer 900.

[0038] 4, the computer 900 includes, as its main components, a bus 910, a processor 912, a memory 914, an input device 916, an output device 917, a display device 918, a storage device 920, a communication I / F (interface) unit 922, an external device I / F unit 924, an I / O (input / output) device I / F unit 926, and a media input / output unit 928. Note that the above components may be omitted as appropriate depending on the application of the computer 900.

[0039] The processor 912 is composed of one or more arithmetic processing devices (such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit), MPU (Micro-Processing Unit), DSP (Digital Signal Processor), GPU (Graphics Processing Unit), or NPU (Neural Processing Unit)), and operates as a control unit that controls the entire computer 900. The memory 914 stores various data and programs 930, and is composed of, for example, a volatile memory (such as a DRAM or SRAM) that functions as a main memory, a non-volatile memory (ROM), a flash memory, etc.

[0040] The input device 916 is composed of, for example, a keyboard, a mouse, a numeric keypad, an electronic pen, etc., and functions as an input unit. The output device 917 is composed of, for example, a sound (audio) output device, a vibration device, etc., and functions as an output unit. The display device 918 is composed of, for example, a liquid crystal display, an organic EL display, electronic paper, a projector, etc., and functions as an output unit. The input device 916 and the display device 918 may be integrated into one device, such as a touch panel display. The storage device 920 is composed of, for example, an HDD, an SSD, etc., and functions as a storage unit. The storage device 920 stores various data necessary for executing the operating system and the program 930.

[0041] The communication I / F unit 922 is connected to a network 940 such as the Internet or an intranet (which may be the same as network 7 in FIG. 1) via a wired or wireless connection and functions as a communication unit that transmits and receives data to and from other computers in accordance with a predetermined communication protocol. The external device I / F unit 924 is connected to an external device 950 such as a camera, printer, scanner, or reader / writer via a wired or wireless connection and functions as a communication unit that transmits and receives data to and from the external device 950 in accordance with a predetermined communication protocol. The I / O device I / F unit 926 is connected to an I / O device 960 such as various sensors and actuators and functions as a communication unit that transmits and receives various signals and data, such as detection signals from sensors and control signals to actuators, to and from the I / O device 960. The media input / output unit 928 is composed of a drive device such as a DVD drive or CD drive, a memory card slot, and a USB connector, and reads and writes data from and to media (non-transitory storage media) 970 such as a DVD, CD, memory card, or USB memory.

[0042] In the computer 900 having the above configuration, the processor 912 loads the program 930 stored in the storage device 920 into the memory 914, executes it, and controls each unit of the computer 900 via the bus 910. The program 930 may be stored in the memory 914 instead of the storage device 920. The program 930 may be recorded on the medium 970 in an installable file format or an executable file format, and provided to the computer 900 via the media input / output unit 928. The program 930 may be provided to the computer 900 by downloading it via the communication I / F unit 922 over the network 940. The computer 900 also includes a processor 912. The various functions realized by the CPU 12 executing the program 930 may be realized by hardware such as a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) or an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC).

[0043] The computer 900 is, for example, a desktop computer or a portable computer, and is an electronic device of any type. The computer 900 may be a client computer, a server computer, a cloud computer, or an embedded computer called, for example, a control panel or a controller (including a microcomputer, a programmable logic controller, or a sequencer). The computer 900 may also be applied to devices other than the control unit 50 of the information processing device 5 and the user terminal device 6.

[0044] (Information processing method) 10 is a flowchart showing an example of an information processing method by the information processing device 5 and the user terminal device 6 of this embodiment. The following shows an example in which a user U operates the user terminal device 6 to send input information 111 to the information processing device 5, and the information processing device 5 generates relationship specifying information 112 from relationship information 110 stored in the database device 3 and outputs it to the user terminal device 6.

[0045] First, in step S110, input information 111 is sent to information processing device 5 by operating input unit 64 of user terminal device 6. Here, input information 111 may be at least one of user input information 111b input from user terminal device 6 and analysis data 111a input from measuring instrument 2 by operating user terminal device 6.

[0046] Fig. 11 shows an example of the input screen of the user terminal device 6 of this embodiment. As shown in Fig. 11, the input screen of the user terminal device 6 of this embodiment is configured to allow selection of an item to be used as input information 111. The input information 111 may be one or more elements of the chemical characteristics, physical characteristics, and application characteristics shown in Fig. 3, or the management characteristics shown in Fig. 4. When an item to be used as the input information 111 is selected, the user can move from that item to a screen for further selecting input information 111 or entering a keyword, or the like.

[0047] For example, if a spectrum of chemical input information is selected, one or more spectral data measured by the measuring instrument 2 are displayed on the input screen, and the user can select the spectral data to search from among them. Also, if a color of physical input information is selected, an input screen for selecting the color name or inputting the color numerically is displayed, and the user U can select the color name or input the color numerically. Note that one or more pieces of input information can be input during a search.

[0048] Next, in step S120, as an input information acquisition step, the input information acquisition unit 501 of the information processing device 5 receives the input information 111 transmitted in step S110.

[0049] Next, in step S130, as a relationship specifying information output process, the relationship specifying information output unit 502 outputs relationship specifying information 112 from the relationship information 110 stored in the database device 3 based on the input information 111 acquired in step S120.

[0050] Next, in step S140, the database device 3 or the storage unit 52 stores the relationship specifying information 112. By storing the relationship specifying information 112, the search results can be kept as a record.

[0051] Next, in step S150, the relationship specifying information output unit 502 performs the process of step S130 The relationship specifying information 112 output in step 2 is transmitted to the user terminal device 6.

[0052] Next, in step S160, the relationship specifying information processing unit 602 of the user terminal device 6 receives the relationship specifying information 112 transmitted in step S150, and notifies the user U from the output unit 65 via voice or a display screen.

[0053] FIG. 12 shows an example of an output screen of the user terminal device 6 of this embodiment. The output screen of the user terminal device 6 of this embodiment can be expressed as a graph in which component elements and feature elements are nodes and relation elements are edges, as the relationship identification information 112. For example, when the spectrum of the analysis data 111a and the color (black, brown), hardness (hard, soft), product name (work shoe sole, rubber band, O-ring), factory name (A, B), and use process (painting, packaging) of the user input information 111b are input as the input information 111, an output screen such as that shown in FIG. 12 is output to the user terminal device 6. The relationship identification information output unit 502 extracts component elements from the analysis data 111a, identifies the relationship between each component element and the input user input information 111b, and outputs the relationship. Note that the output screen is not limited to the diagram shown in FIG. 12, and may be any screen that allows the relationship to be understood.

[0054] Fig. 13 shows another example of the output screen of the user terminal device 6 of this embodiment. For example, when a product name (rubber band) is input from the user terminal device 6 as user input information 111b of the input information 111, the relationship identification information output unit 502 identifies the relationship between the rubber band and the component element, and outputs a screen as shown in Fig. 13. The search path from the rubber band to the component element is indicated by a dashed line. Note that the output screen is not limited to the diagram shown in Fig. 13, and may be any screen that allows the relationship to be understood.

[0055] In this way, the information processing device 5 of this embodiment can appropriately search for information based on various relationships between a plurality of elements.

[0056] Various aspects of this embodiment will be described below as supplementary notes.

[0057] (Appendix 1) An information processing device that searches for information related to components of a substance, an input information acquisition unit that acquires input information indicating characteristics of the substance; a relationship specifying information output unit that outputs relationship specifying information that specifies a relationship between a plurality of elements, the relationship being composed of one or more component elements that indicate the components of the substance and one or more characteristic elements that indicate any of chemical characteristics, physical characteristics, and application characteristics of the components, based on the input information; Equipped with Information processing device. (Appendix 2) The input information is chemical input information of said substance; physical input information of said substance; Input information on the use of the substance; and, administrative input information for said substance; At least one of 2. The information processing device according to claim 1. (Appendix 3) The chemical input information is analytical data 3. The information processing device according to claim 2. (Appendix 4) The analytical data is Spectrum, Thermal properties, chromatogram, image, and, mass, At least one of 4. The information processing device according to claim 3. (Appendix 5) The physical input information is color, Hardness, fragility, transparency, viscosity, and, situation At least one of 5. An information processing device according to any one of appendices 2 to 4. (Appendix 6) The usage input information is a substance use indicating the use of the substance; and, Component-mixed use, which indicates a use in which the component is mixed into the substance; At least one of That is, 6. An information processing device according to any one of appendices 2 to 5. (Appendix 7) The administrative input information is product input information indicating products that use said substance or said ingredient; institutional input information indicating the facility where the substance or component is used; process input information indicating a process for using said substance or said component; and, reporting inputs indicating historical reporting data for at least one of the product, the facility, the process, the substance, and the ingredient; At least one of 7. An information processing device according to any one of appendices 2 to 6. (Appendix 8) The product input information is: Product type input information indicating the type of the product; and, Material composition input information indicating the composition of materials used in said product; At least one of 8. The information processing device according to claim 7. (Appendix 9) The product type input information is the name of the product. 9. The information processing device according to claim 8. (Appendix 10) The material composition input information is Material component type input information indicating the type of component of the material; and, Input information on the origin of the ingredients of the material, which indicates the origin of the ingredients of the material; At least one of 10. The information processing device according to claim 8 or 9. (Appendix 11) The material component type input information is the name of the component 11. The information processing device according to claim 10. (Appendix 12) The material component-derived input information is The cause of contamination or occurrence of the above-mentioned component; The location where the component was mixed or generated, and, a contamination generation step in which the component is contaminated or generated; At least one of 12. The information processing device according to claim 10 or 11. (Appendix 13) The facility input information is the name of the company that owns said facility; the factory name of said facility; The department name of the facility; and, the location of said facility; At least one of 13. An information processing device according to any one of appendices 7 to 12. (Appendix 14) The process input information is: using said substance; is 14. An information processing device according to any one of appendices 7 to 13. (Appendix 15) One or more of the features may be: Indicating any of the chemical characteristics, physical characteristics, usage characteristics, and management characteristics of the component; 15. An information processing device according to any one of appendices 1 to 14. (Appendix 16) The chemical characteristics are analytical data 16. The information processing device according to claim 15. (Appendix 17) The analytical data is Spectrum, Thermal properties, chromatogram, image, and, mass, At least one of 17. The information processing device according to claim 16. (Appendix 18) The physical characteristics are: color, Hardness, fragility, transparency, viscosity, and, situation At least one of 18. An information processing device according to any one of appendices 15 to 17. (Appendix 19) The aforementioned usage characteristics are: a substance use indicating the use of the substance; and, Component-mixed use, which indicates a use in which the component is mixed into the substance; At least one of 19. An information processing device according to any one of appendices 15 to 18. (Appendix 20) The management feature is: a product characteristic that indicates the product in which the substance or ingredient is used; Facility characteristics indicative of the facility where the substance or component is used; process features that describe the process of using said substance or said component; and, a reporting characteristic indicating historical reporting data for at least one of the product, the facility, the process, the material, and the ingredient; At least one of 20. An information processing device according to any one of appendices 15 to 19. (Appendix 21) The product features are: a product type characteristic indicating the type of said product; and, a material composition characteristic indicating the composition of materials used in said product; At least one of 21. The information processing device according to claim 20. (Appendix 22) The product type characteristic is the name of the product 22. The information processing device according to claim 21. (Appendix 23) The material component characteristics are: a material component type characteristic indicating the type of component of the material; and, a material component origin characteristic indicating the origin of the component of the material; At least one of 23. The information processing device according to claim 21 or 22. (Appendix 24) The material component type characteristic is the name of the component. 24. The information processing device according to claim 23. (Appendix 25) The material component-derived characteristics are: The cause of contamination or occurrence of the above-mentioned component; The location where the component was mixed or generated, and, a contamination generation step in which the component is contaminated or generated; At least one of 25. The information processing device according to claim 23 or 24. (Appendix 26) The facility features are: the name of the company that owns said facility; the factory name of said facility; The department name of the facility; and, the location of said facility; At least one of 26. An information processing device according to any one of appendices 20 to 25. (Appendix 27) The process feature is a process using the substance. 27. An information processing device according to any one of appendices 20 to 26. (Appendix 28) The relationship specifying information output unit The component element related to the input information and other component elements and the feature elements related to the component element by the relational element are extracted from a database storing the plurality of component elements, the plurality of feature elements, and relational elements that relate a plurality of elements consisting of the plurality of component elements and the plurality of feature elements, and the feature elements related to the input information and the component element and other feature elements related to the feature element by the relational element are extracted, thereby outputting the relation specifying information. 28. An information processing device according to any one of appendices 1 to 27. (Appendix 29) a measuring instrument for measuring analytical data from the input information; a database device that stores relationship information including one or more component elements that indicate components of a substance, one or more characteristic elements that indicate any of chemical characteristics, physical characteristics, and application characteristics of the component, and a relationship element that indicates a relationship between a plurality of elements that are composed of the component elements and the characteristic elements; a user terminal device that receives user input information from the input information and outputs the relationship specifying information; an information processing device according to any one of Supplementary notes 1 to 28, which identifies the relationship specifying information from the relationship information based on the input information; An information processing system comprising: (Appendix 30) An information processing method for searching for information related to components of a substance, comprising: an input information acquisition step of acquiring input information indicating characteristics of the substance; a relationship specifying information output step of outputting relationship information that specifies relationships between a plurality of elements, the plurality of elements being one or more component elements that indicate components of the substance and one or more characteristic elements that indicate any of chemical characteristics, physical characteristics, and application characteristics of the components, based on the input information; have Information processing methods. 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Claims

1. An information processing device that searches for information related to components of a substance, an input information acquisition unit that acquires input information indicating characteristics of the substance; a relationship specifying information output unit that outputs relationship specifying information that specifies a relationship between a plurality of elements, the relationship being composed of one or more component elements that indicate the components of the substance and one or more characteristic elements that indicate any of chemical characteristics, physical characteristics, and application characteristics of the components, based on the input information; Equipped with Information processing device.

2. The input information is chemical input information of said substance; physical input information of said substance; Input information on the use of the substance; and, administrative input information for said substance; At least one of The information processing device according to claim 1 .

3. The chemical input information is analytical data The information processing device according to claim 2 .

4. The analytical data is Spectrum Thermal properties, chromatogram, image, and, mass, At least one of The information processing device according to claim 3 .

5. The physical input information is color, Hardness, fragility, transparency, viscosity, and, situation At least one of The information processing device according to claim 2 .

6. The usage input information is a substance use indicating the use of the substance; and, Component-mixed use, which indicates a use in which the substance is mixed with the component; At least one of That is, The information processing device according to claim 2 .

7. The administrative input information is product input information indicating products that use said substance or said ingredient; institutional input information indicating the facility where the substance or component is used; process input information indicating a process for using said substance or said component; and, reporting input information indicating historical reporting data for at least one of the product, the facility, the process, the substance, and the ingredient; At least one of The information processing device according to claim 2 .

8. The product input information is: Product type input information indicating the type of the product; and, Material composition input information indicating the composition of materials used in said product; At least one of The information processing device according to claim 7 .

9. The product type input information is the name of the product. The information processing device according to claim 8 .

10. The material composition input information is Material component type input information indicating the type of component of the material; and, Input information on the origin of the ingredients of the material, which indicates the origin of the ingredients of the material; At least one of The information processing device according to claim 8 .

11. The material component type input information is the name of the component The information processing device according to claim 10.

12. The material component-derived input information is The cause of contamination or occurrence of the above-mentioned component; The location where the component was mixed or generated, and, a contamination generation step in which the component is contaminated or generated; At least one of The information processing device according to claim 10.

13. The facility input information is the name of the company that owns said facility; the factory name of said facility; The department name of the facility; and, the location of said facility; At least one of The information processing device according to claim 7 .

14. The process input information is: using said substance; is The information processing device according to claim 7 .

15. One or more of the features may be: Indicating any of the chemical characteristics, physical characteristics, usage characteristics, and management characteristics of the component; The information processing device according to claim 1 .

16. The chemical characteristics are analytical data The information processing device according to claim 15.

17. The analytical data is Spectrum, Thermal properties, chromatogram, image, and, mass, At least one of The information processing device according to claim 16.

18. The physical characteristics are: color, Hardness, fragility, transparency, viscosity, and, situation At least one of The information processing device according to claim 15.

19. The aforementioned usage characteristics are: a substance use indicating the use of the substance; and, Component-mixed use, which indicates a use in which the substance is mixed with the component; At least one of The information processing device according to claim 15.

20. The management feature is: a product characteristic that indicates the product in which the substance or ingredient is used; Facility characteristics indicative of the facility where the substance or component is used; process features that describe the process of using said substance or said component; and, a reporting feature indicating historical reporting data for at least one of the product, the facility, the process, the substance, and the ingredient; At least one of The information processing device according to claim 15.

21. The product features are: a product type characteristic indicating the type of said product; and, a material composition characteristic indicating the composition of materials used in said product; At least one of The information processing device according to claim 20.

22. The product type characteristic is the name of the product The information processing device according to claim 21.

23. The material component characteristics are: a material component type characteristic indicating the type of component of the material; and, a material component origin characteristic indicating the origin of the component of the material; At least one of The information processing device according to claim 21.

24. The material component type characteristic is the name of the component. The information processing device according to claim 23.

25. The material component-derived characteristics are: The cause of contamination or occurrence of the above-mentioned component; The location where the component was mixed or generated, and, a contamination generation step in which the component is contaminated or generated; At least one of The information processing device according to claim 23.

26. The facility features are: the name of the company that owns said facility; the factory name of said facility; The department name of the facility; and, the location of said facility; At least one of The information processing device according to claim 20.

27. The process feature is a process using the substance. The information processing device according to claim 20.

28. The relationship specifying information output unit The component element related to the input information and other component elements and the feature elements related to the component element by the relational element are extracted from a database storing the plurality of component elements, the plurality of feature elements, and relational elements that relate a plurality of elements consisting of the plurality of component elements and the plurality of feature elements, and the feature elements related to the input information and the component element and other feature elements related to the feature element by the relational element are extracted, thereby outputting the relation specifying information. The information processing device according to claim 1 .

29. a measuring instrument for measuring analytical data from the input information; a database device that stores relationship information including one or more component elements that indicate components of a substance, one or more characteristic elements that indicate any of chemical characteristics, physical characteristics, and application characteristics of the component, and a relationship element that indicates a relationship between a plurality of elements that are composed of the component elements and the characteristic elements; a user terminal device that receives user input information from the input information and outputs the relationship specifying information; an information processing device according to claim 1 , which identifies the relationship specifying information from the relationship information based on the input information; An information processing system comprising:

30. An information processing method for searching for information related to components of a substance, comprising: an input information acquisition step of acquiring input information indicating characteristics of the substance; a relationship specifying information output step of outputting relationship information in which relationships between a plurality of elements are specified, the plurality of elements being one or more component elements indicating components of the substance and one or more characteristic elements indicating any of chemical characteristics, physical characteristics, and application characteristics of the components, based on the input information; have Information processing methods.

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