Generation Process Ranking for Target Material Selection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing systems for supporting the search of a generation process for a target material, such as synthesis processes, are insufficient in providing comprehensive support for selecting appropriate generation processes.

Innovation Solution

A generation process output device that includes a first information obtainer, a deriver, and an outputter, which derive and output generation parameters indicating the necessity of each generation process for generating a target material, allowing users to easily select the most suitable process.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If a conventional system for supporting the search of a generation process is used, then the basic search function is provided, but the support adequacy is insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesearch support adequacyVSAvoidgeneration process necessity information

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary derivation of generation parameters (generation probability and ranking) for multiple generation processes before the user makes a selection. By pre-calculating and storing these parameters in the database, the system enables users to quickly access and compare the necessity of different generation processes without requiring users to perform complex analyses themselves, thereby improving search support adequacy.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The invention introduces generation parameters (generation probability and ranking) as intermediary information that mediates between the raw database information and the user's search needs. These parameters transform complex generation process data into standardized, comparable metrics that directly indicate the necessity of each process, filling the information gap between available data and user requirements.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Measurement precision

If detailed generation process information is provided, then search accuracy is improved, but user understanding difficulty increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvegeneration process selection accuracyVSAvoiduser understanding ease

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system transforms complex generation process information into two simplified parameters: generation probability (indicating the likelihood of a process being used) and ranking (ordering processes by necessity). This parameter transformation maintains the precision needed for accurate selection while presenting the information in a format that is easily understandable and comparable for users, resolving the contradiction between detail and usability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The invention segments the complex generation process evaluation into distinct, independent components: multiple generation processes are individually assessed and assigned separate generation parameters. This segmentation allows users to process and compare information about each process independently, reducing cognitive load while maintaining the precision of the overall evaluation through the aggregated parameters.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS12494271B2Generation process output device, generation process output method, and recording medium

Publication Date: 2025.12.09 PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO LTD

AI summary

A generation process display device that is a generation process output device includes: a first information obtainer that obtains first information about a target material; a deriver that derives, for each of one or more types of generation processes, a generation parameter based on a database regarding materials, where the generation parameter indicates a degree that the generation process is required for generating the target material specified by the first information; and an outputter that outputs one or more generation parameters that have been derived.