Multi-Board Design Apparatus for Maintaining Electrical Connections
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional multi-board design methods fail to maintain electrical connection relationships between substrates, leading to human-made errors and inefficiencies, especially when multiple designers work on different components of a multi-board.
Innovation Solution
A multi-board design apparatus that includes setting and changing connection information to maintain electrical connections, detects changes in substrate editing, and enforces exclusive editing permissions to ensure consistent design data across multiple substrates.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If separate design methods are used for each substrate and connection information, then design flexibility and individual optimization are improved, but connection relationship maintenance deteriorates due to human-made errors
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges separate substrate design and connection information design into an integrated multi-board design system. The management server combines design data from multiple terminals, automatically generates connection information, and maintains relationships between substrates. This unified approach eliminates human errors in manual connection information creation while preserving design flexibility through the integrated system.
Solution Approach 2:
The management server implements feedback mechanisms by automatically detecting changes in substrate design data and updating connection information accordingly. When design data changes at any terminal, the system retrieves updated information, regenerates connection data, and notifies relevant terminals. This continuous feedback loop ensures connection relationships are maintained without manual intervention.
2Productivity
If multiple designers work on different substrates simultaneously, then design productivity is improved, but error rate increases due to lack of coordination
Solution Approach 1:
The management server acts as an intermediary between multiple designers working on different substrates. Each designer works independently at their terminal, but the management server coordinates all design data, automatically generates consistent connection information, and distributes updates to all relevant terminals. This intermediary system enables parallel work while maintaining connection consistency.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical coordination process (manual communication and data sharing between designers) with an automated information processing system. The management server uses electronic data retrieval, automatic connection information generation, and automated notification mechanisms to coordinate multiple designers, eliminating human errors associated with manual coordination.
3Manufacturing precision
If manual updating of connection information is required when substrate design changes, then design control precision is improved, but time consumption and labor cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements self-service by automatically generating and updating connection information based on substrate design changes. When design data changes at any terminal, the management server automatically retrieves updated data, generates new connection information, and distributes it to relevant terminals without requiring manual intervention. This maintains design control precision while eliminating time-consuming manual updates.
Solution Approach 2:
The management server performs preliminary actions by proactively detecting design changes and automatically generating updated connection information before designers need to use it. The system continuously monitors design data, prepares connection information in advance, and makes it available when needed, eliminating delays associated with manual updating processes.
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AI summary
In order to always maintain connection relationships between substrates of the multi-board, a multi-board design apparatus for designing a multi-board comprising a plurality of substrates which are electrically connected is made to have: setting means by which a designer sets connection information indicating a connection relationship between each substrate configuring the multi-board; modification information detection means by which, when editing in an arbitrary substrate configuring the multi-board, modified content resulting from the editing is detected as modification information; and connection information modification means which, on the basis of the modification information which has been detected by the modification which has been detected by the modification information detection means, modifies the connection information which has been set in the setting means so as to maintain electrical connection relationships between each of the substrates in the multi-board.