AI Design Platform with Regulation Assistant for Compliance

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current design processes are inefficient and resource-intensive, requiring numerous iterations and lacking tools to reduce the number of iterations and increase efficiency, particularly in capturing appealing designs for products like aircraft interiors, which must comply with regulatory requirements.

Innovation Solution

An AI-based design platform that includes a suite of AI-driven design assistants such as a design generation assistant, trendspotting assistant, design optimization assistant, design visualization assistant, digital twin management assistant, and regulation assistant, utilizing deep learning models and natural language processing to streamline the design process, generate designs, and ensure compliance with regulations.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Manufacturing precision

If traditional iterative design process is used to capture appealing designs, then design quality can be improved, but resource consumption and time required increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedesign qualityVSAvoidtime required
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by automatically generating multiple design variations and evaluating them against regulatory requirements before the designer commits to a final design. The design generation assistant creates candidate designs in advance, and the regulation assistant pre-evaluates compliance, reducing the need for repeated iterative cycles later in the process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements continuous feedback loops where the regulation assistant automatically evaluates design candidates against regulatory requirements and provides immediate feedback to the design generation assistant. This allows real-time adjustment of design parameters to ensure compliance, eliminating the need for time-consuming post-design regulatory checks.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Manufacturing precision

If multiple design iterations are performed to achieve appealing designs, then design quality improves, but processor and memory resources are significantly consumed

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedesign qualityVSAvoidprocessor and memory resources
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies partial action by generating and evaluating only the most promising design candidates rather than exhaustively exploring all possible designs. The design generation assistant uses regulatory constraints to prune the search space, focusing computational resources on viable options and avoiding wasted processing on non-compliant designs.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes parameters by automatically adjusting design variables based on regulatory requirements and evaluation feedback. The design generation assistant modifies design parameters programmatically rather than requiring manual redesign iterations, reducing the computational overhead associated with repeated full-design regenerations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Reliability

If manual regulatory compliance checking is performed during design iterations, then regulatory compliance can be ensured, but design productivity decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveregulatory complianceVSAvoiddesign productivity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements self-service by enabling the regulation assistant to automatically check compliance without human intervention. The regulation assistant independently evaluates design candidates against regulatory requirements, extracts relevant information from regulatory documents, and provides compliance assessments, freeing the designer from manual compliance checking tasks.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system replaces manual mechanical processes with automated computational processes. Instead of designers manually reviewing regulatory documents and checking compliance (a mechanical human process), the regulation assistant uses natural language processing and automated reasoning to perform compliance checking, significantly increasing speed and consistency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

4Reliability

If comprehensive regulatory documents are processed to ensure compliance, then regulatory compliance improves, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveregulatory complianceVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts only the relevant regulatory information needed for compliance checking rather than processing entire regulatory documents. The regulation assistant uses natural language processing to identify and extract specific clauses, requirements, and parameters applicable to the current design, filtering out unnecessary information and reducing processing complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The system applies local quality by tailoring the regulatory checking process to the specific design domain and requirements. Different design types receive customized compliance checks based on their specific regulatory contexts, rather than applying a uniform complex checking process to all designs. The system adapts its analysis depth and scope to match the local needs of each design scenario.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS11244484B2AI-driven design platform
Publication Date: 2022.02.08 ACCENTURE GLOBAL SOLUTIONS LTD
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AI summary

Implementations of the present disclosure include generating, by a design generation assistant, a design image representing a design subject, the design subject having one or more regulations applicable thereto, querying, by a regulation assistant, an answer extractor to provide a query result based on a query, the answer extractor including at least one deep learning model that processes the query to provide the query result, the query being descriptive of at least a portion of the design subject, the query result being representative of at least one regulation applicable to the design subject, and displaying, within a graphical user interface (GUI), the query result.