Support system

摘要

Disclosed is a design support system capable of fully keeping tabs on the components that can be affected by the design change of a given component. The system includes a component name database; a relevant information database that at least includes, in relation to each failure event, the name of tier-one component having failed and the name of tier-two component possibly affecting the failure of the tier-one component; a component network generation unit that, based on the data stored in the component name database and the relevant information database, generates data of a component network covering names of components as well as relevance between components; a component network database storing the component network data; and a component network diagram display control unit that reads data from the component network database and causes a screen display unit of a computer to display a component network diagram based on the read data.

主权项

1. A design support system for presenting components to be affected by design change of a component in an existing product, said design support system comprising:
a component name database which stores the names of components making up the product; a relevant information database which stores data which is generated based on past failure events of the product, the data at least including, in relation to each of the failure events, the name of a tier-one component having failed and the name of a tier-two component having presumably affected the failure of the tier-one component or been affected thereby; a component network generator which, based on the data stored in said component name database and said relevant information database, generates data of a component network covering the names of the components making up the product as well as relevance between these components; a component network database which stores the data generated by said component network generator; and a component network diagram display controller which reads data from said component network database and causes a screen display unit to display a component network diagram based on the read data.