Design Trouble Classification for Faulty Component Identification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing design support systems fail to effectively associate design elements with design requirements in the context of design troubles, especially when the design elements are faulty, making it difficult to identify and address issues efficiently.
Innovation Solution
A design support system that includes a memory for storing design element and requirement classifications, a receiving unit for technical information on design troubles, and an associating unit that connects classification items for design requirements and elements based on failure status information, using natural language analysis to link trouble reports with corresponding specifications and components.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If design elements are associated with design requirements regardless of failure status, then comprehensive design information is available, but the target range for finding desired information is too wide and efficiency is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the design element database by failure status, creating separate classification categories for normal and faulty design elements. This segmentation allows the system to filter and present only relevant information based on the troubleshooting context, reducing the search space from all design elements to only those with relevant failure statuses, thereby improving search efficiency while maintaining comprehensive information availability.
2Quantity of substance
If all design elements and requirements are associated together, then complete design data is stored, but it becomes difficult to identify faulty components and their associated requirements efficiently
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by adding failure status information to specific design elements within the database. Instead of treating all design elements uniformly, the system attaches localized failure status attributes to individual elements, allowing troubleshooting to focus on elements with abnormal failure statuses. This enables efficient identification of faulty components while maintaining complete design data storage.
3Adaptability or versatility
If design trouble information is analyzed without considering failure status, then general design requirements are identified, but specific faulty component identification is hindered
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a dynamic information retrieval mechanism that adapts based on failure status. The system can dynamically switch between providing general design requirement information and specific faulty component identification by filtering database entries according to the failure status parameter. This dynamic approach allows the same system to serve both general troubleshooting and precise fault identification needs.
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AI summary
A design support system includes memory, a receiving unit, and an associating unit. The memory stores information on design element classification that classifies a design element included in a product, and information on design requirement classification that classifies a design requirement required for the product. The receiving unit receives technical information regarding a design trouble. The associating unit refers to technical information regarding a design trouble, received by the receiving unit, and associates a classification item in the design requirement classification to which the design trouble belongs and a classification item in the design element classification to which a design element causing the design trouble belongs with each other, along with information on a phenomenon indicating a failure status of the design element included in the technical information.