Function Model Redundancy Detection for Design Conflict Resolution
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current design processes face challenges in identifying and addressing design conflicts and redundancies early on, leading to increased costs and prolonged development times due to the complexity of systems and products, which are often detected late in the development process through luck or prototyping rather than a structured methodology.
Innovation Solution
A redundancy and conflict detection system that analyzes function models to identify noun/verb/modifier relationships, using a processor and memory to detect design conflicts and redundancies by parsing function models into objects, verbs, and modifiers, and determining lexical relationships to flag potential issues before prototype development.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If design processes rely on prototyping and luck to identify conflicts and redundancies, then detection capability is achieved, but development time and costs increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary analysis of design conflicts and redundancies by parsing function models into noun/verb/modifier relationships and comparing lexical relationships before prototyping begins. This advance detection identifies potential issues in the conceptual design phase, allowing resolution before resources are committed to physical prototypes, thereby reducing development time while maintaining reliable detection capability
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical trial-and-error prototyping process with an automated computational analysis system. The system uses processors to parse function models, extract noun/verb/modifier relationships, and detect conflicts and redundancies through lexical comparison algorithms, substituting physical prototyping with information processing to achieve faster detection
2Reliability
If design processes rely on prototyping and luck to identify conflicts and redundancies, then detection capability is achieved, but costs increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary analysis of design conflicts and redundancies by parsing function models into noun/verb/modifier relationships and comparing lexical relationships before prototyping begins. This advance detection identifies potential issues in the conceptual design phase, allowing resolution before resources are committed to physical prototypes, thereby reducing development costs while maintaining reliable detection capability
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates and analyzes a digital copy (function model) of the design rather than immediately producing physical prototypes. By parsing and comparing the textual function model representations, the system detects conflicts and redundancies in the conceptual domain, avoiding the high costs of physical prototyping while maintaining detection capability
3Adaptability or versatility
If systems and products become more complex, then functionality improves, but detection of conflicts and redundancies becomes more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments complex design descriptions into discrete noun/verb/modifier relationships by parsing function models. This breakdown of complex system functionality into structured linguistic units enables systematic comparison and detection of conflicts and redundancies, making the detection process manageable even as system complexity increases
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual inspection methods with automated computational analysis using processors to parse function models and detect conflicts. This substitution of human effort with algorithmic processing enables the handling of increasingly complex designs without proportionally increasing detection difficulty, as the automated system can process complexity at scale
4Manufacturing precision
If changes are made late in the development process, then design refinement is achieved, but productivity decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary detection of design conflicts and redundancies in the conceptual phase by analyzing function models before detailed design and prototyping. This early identification allows design refinement to occur when changes are still inexpensive and quick to implement, maintaining high productivity while achieving the necessary design precision
Solution Approach 2:
The patent enables skipping of lengthy prototyping and iterative testing cycles by detecting and resolving design conflicts early through automated analysis. By identifying issues before physical development begins, the process rushes through the conceptual validation phase efficiently, avoiding delays that would reduce overall productivity
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AI summary
Systems and methods for detecting design redundancies and conflicts of a product or process are disclosed in the present application. A system for detecting redundancies and conflicts may parse a plurality of descriptions of functions to identify objects, verbs, and modifiers corresponding to descriptions of the plurality of descriptions. The system may determine lexical relationships between the identified objects, verbs, and modifiers based on lexical relationships. The system may determine dependencies of hierarchal relationships within the function model, and detect redundancies and conflicts based on the lexical relationships and the hierarchal relationships.