COMPUTER BASED SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING IN FULL MOTION LINKED CONCEPT COMPONENTS FOR PRODUCING SELECTED TECHNICAL RESULTS

摘要

A digital computer-based concept engineering system (CES) that includes a data base of concept components (30) (Y = f(x)) of which includes input (36), output (36) and control parameters (38), text descriptions (34), and full motion graphics (32) of a device or system that functions as y = f(x) of a device. The CES provides three problem solving modes, including direct linking automatically to produce full-motion graphical representations (32) of x2 => f2 => x1 => f1 => y and a control-linking mode to produce full-motion graphical representations of concept components that control parameters (38) of y = f(x, a, b, c). The CES forms new and useful combinations of concept components into a unique concept engineering system, which produces new or improved technical results. Full-motion graphics (32) of unique combinations of concept components stimulate the user to generate creative ideas for technical problem solving design.