IP Library Granted Patent US 11,048,830
Granted Patent B2
US 11,048,830 · App. 16/182,773 · Granted Jun 29, 2021

Assistance system, design assistance apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable medium storing design assistance program

Inventors: Takahiro Suzuki (Kanagawa, JP); Shinji Kawabata (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
G06F30/00G06F30/17G06F3/04815G06F2111/02G06F2111/20
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,048,830
App. No.
16/182,773
Granted
Jun 29, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A design assistance system includes a component information management server including an issue/measure information memory that cumulatively stores a component to be used in a design assistance tool, an issue on the component, and a measure to address the issue in association with each other based on inputs from plural design engineers, and a design terminal including an issue/measure display that displays, when a focused component that is the component stored in the issue/measure information memory is displayed on a display screen of the design assistance tool while designing is conducted by using the design assistance tool, an issue on the focused component and a measure to address the issue on the focused component that are received from the component information management server.

Claims (18)

1. A design assistance system, comprising:

a component information management server comprising an issue/measure information memory that cumulatively stores a component to be used in a design assistance tool, an issue on the component, and a measure to address the issue in association with each other based on inputs from a plurality of design engineers; and

a design terminal comprising an issue/measure display that displays, when a focused component that is the component stored in the issue/measure information memory is displayed on a display screen of the design assistance tool while designing is conducted by using the design assistance tool, an issue on the focused component and a measure to address the issue on the focused component that are received from the component information management server,

wherein the focused component is a plurality of focused components including a first focused component and a second focused component, and the issue/measure display displays the first focused component, the second focused component, and other components in distinguishable formats on the display screen of the design assistance tool.

2. The design assistance system according to claim 1 , wherein the design terminal further comprises a focused component selecting unit that selects the focused component from among a plurality of components displayed on the display screen of the design assistance tool.

3. The design assistance system according to claim 2 , wherein the focused component selecting unit selects, as the focused component, a component whose display area on the display screen of the design assistance tool is equal to or larger than a predetermined area.

4. The design assistance system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the issue/measure information memory stores the second focused component, an issue caused in the second focused component by an issue on the first focused component, and a measure to address the issue caused in the second focused component by the issue on the first focused component in association with each other, and

wherein the issue/measure display displays the issue caused in the second focused component by the issue on the first focused component and the measure to address the issue caused in the second focused component by the issue on the first focused component.

5. The design assistance system according to claim 4 , wherein the issue/measure display displays the issue on the first focused component and the issue caused in the second focused component by the issue on the first focused component in a format indicating causality between the issue on the first focused component and the issue caused in the second focused component by the issue on the first focused component.

6. A design assistance apparatus, comprising:

an issue/measure information memory that cumulatively stores a component to be used in a design assistance tool, an issue on the component, and a measure to address the issue in association with each other based on inputs from a plurality of design engineers; and

an issue/measure display that displays, when a focused component that is the component stored in the issue/measure information memory is displayed on a display screen of the design assistance tool while designing is conducted by using the design assistance tool, an issue on the focused component and a measure to address the issue on the focused component,

wherein the focused component is a plurality of focused components including a first focused component and a second focused component, and the issue/measure display displays the first focused component, the second focused component, and other components in distinguishable formats on the display screen of the design assistance tool.

7. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a design assistance program causing a computer to execute a process comprising:

cumulatively storing a component to be used in a design assistance tool, an issue on the component, and a measure to address the issue in association with each other based on inputs from a plurality of design engineers; and

displaying, when a focused component that is the stored component is displayed on a display screen of the design assistance tool while designing is conducted by using the design assistance tool, an issue on the focused component and a measure to address the issue on the focused component,

wherein the focused component is a plurality of focused components including a first focused component and a second focused component, and the displaying displays the first focused component, the second focused component, and other components in distinguishable formats on the display screen of the design assistance tool.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 28, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 056078/0098 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 7, 2018
From: SUZUKI, TAKAHIRO; KAWABATA, SHINJI
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 047434/0154 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-223687 · Nov 21, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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