Patent ID: 7747623
Filing Date: 2010-06-29
Classification: G06Q,Y02P,Y02W

Abstract:
1. A product design support method comprising database for storing: a part component information including at least the parent-child relation, quantity and the unit as items of parts making up a product; a part attribute information including, as component elements, the attribute information of at least the part class, weight, material code and the chemical substance content code corresponding to the part identification information; a regional recycle disassembly part information including, as component elements, at least the disassembly product, disassembly part class, material code, chemical substance content code and the minimum mass classified by region/country; a regional recycle characteristic information including, as component elements, at least the intended object, processing method and the recovered object classified by region/country; and a recycle cost/environmental load basic unit information including, as component elements, at least the processing method, intended object, cost basic unit and the environmental load basic unit classified by region/country; wherein the regional disassembly part information and the regional recycle characteristic information are retrieved using a search key including the part component information and the part attribute information for the product to be evaluated and the evaluation region/country designated and input from an input I/F thereby to establish the total processing method required for recycling the product to be evaluated; and wherein the recycle cost/environmental load are quantitatively evaluated taking the regional recycle characteristic into consideration at the time of occurrence of a waste product, based on the established processing method and the recycle cost/environmental load basic unit information.