Thermal Resistance Visualization for Component Heat Transfer Paths
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional techniques fail to properly display the transmission situation of physical quantities, such as heat, between components, making it difficult to identify which components obstruct proper transmission.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus that stores inter-component information, acquires resistance values, and generates display information for a transmission path diagram to visualize the transmission situation, including components' temperatures and sizes, allowing for the identification of components with high heat resistance or significant heat transfer.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If conventional heat transfer amount display methods are used, then heat transfer direction and amount can be displayed, but the transmission situation of physical quantity between components cannot be properly displayed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a resistance value dimension to the display system. Instead of only showing heat transfer amount and direction, the system now displays resistance values at each component node, adding a new dimensional parameter that reveals the transmission situation. This dimensional enhancement allows users to understand not just how much heat transfers, but also how easily or difficult it is for heat to pass through each component.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the display parameters from conventional heat transfer amount alone to include resistance values. By calculating and displaying resistance values (such as thermal resistance) for each component, the system provides new information about the transmission situation. This parameter change transforms the display from showing only quantitative heat transfer to showing both quantitative transfer and qualitative transmission characteristics.
2Difficulty of detecting and measuring
If heat transfer amount is displayed, then quantitative data is provided, but components obstructing proper transmission cannot be identified
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces direct physical measurement of heat transmission difficulty with a calculated resistance value system. Instead of using complex measurement equipment to directly detect transmission obstructions, the system calculates resistance values based on heat transfer data and displays them. This substitution makes obstruction detection more practical and precise, as resistance values can be computed from standard thermal analysis data.
3Ease of operation
If transmission path diagram is generated with resistance values, then visualization is improved, but data processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs self-service by automatically calculating resistance values from existing heat transfer analysis data. The resistance value acquisition unit derives necessary information from the heat transfer simulation results without requiring additional manual input or complex external measurements. This self-service approach simplifies the overall process despite adding new display capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a multi-functional display system that serves multiple purposes: showing heat transfer direction, heat transfer amount, and resistance values all in one transmission path diagram. This universal display approach consolidates multiple information types into a single integrated visualization, improving ease of operation while managing data processing through unified handling of multiple data streams.
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AI summary
An information processing apparatus includes: a resistance value acquiring unit that acquires a resistance value of at least one component corresponding to a physical quantity that is transmitted between two components, using inter-component information having component identifiers respectively indicating two components; a display information generating unit that generates, using the inter-component information, display information for displaying a transmission path diagram, which is an image showing a transmission path having nodes respectively associated with at least two components, and is an image in which information indicating the resistance value acquired by the resistance value acquiring unit is arranged at a node associated with at least one component from which the resistance value has been acquired; and an output unit that outputs the display information generated by the display information generating unit.