Visual Differentiation of Design Expressions
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Solution Overview
Problem
Designers face challenges in managing and differentiating among various versions or installations of complex systems, such as airplanes, due to overlapping design requirements and changes over time, which makes it difficult to identify and communicate precise physical and logical representations of these changes.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that digitally characterizes logical and physical data aspects of different installations, identifies selected differences, and presents them in a visual display using visually identifiable distinctions, facilitating change identification and communication among designers and installers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If multiple design expressions are managed manually, then flexibility in design management is maintained, but the ability to identify and differentiate changes among multiple installations deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies color changes by assigning different visual attributes (colors, patterns, or other distinguishable markers) to different design expressions or installations. This allows designers to quickly differentiate between multiple versions or installations of a system, making change identification intuitive and efficient without adding complex analytical tools.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an additional visual dimension for differentiation by displaying multiple design expressions simultaneously with distinct visual characteristics. This dimensional approach allows designers to compare and identify changes across multiple installations in a single view, rather than sequentially reviewing each design expression.
2Measurement precision
If detailed digital characterization of multiple installations is performed, then precision in identifying differences is improved, but the time and computational resources required deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and displays only the selected differences between design expressions rather than presenting complete detailed comparisons. By extracting only the relevant changes and presenting them with visual distinctions, the system achieves precise difference identification while reducing the time required to process and review multiple installations.
3Ease of operation
If visual differentiation methods are applied to multiple design expressions, then ease of communicating changes is improved, but the complexity of the display system deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses visual attributes such as color, pattern, or other distinguishable markers to differentiate between design expressions in the display. This approach enhances the ease of communicating changes to stakeholders while maintaining a relatively simple display system, as the visual differentiation can be implemented through standard graphical user interface elements rather than complex hardware or software systems.
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AI summary
A method for differentiating between variations of an apparatus design is provided. The method includes digitally characterizing at least two aspects of a first expression wherein the at least two aspects include at least logical data and physical data relating to the first expression, and digitally characterizing the at least two next aspects of at least one next expression other than the first expression wherein the at least two next aspects include at least logical data and physical data relating to the at least one next design expression. The method further includes identifying selected differences between the at least two aspects and the at least two next aspects and displaying the first expression and at least one of the at least one next expression in a visual display wherein the selected differences are presented using at least one visually identifiable distinction.