Patent ID: 8230370
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A circuit design assisting apparatus for assisting designing of a circuit, comprising: a storage unit that stores configuration information indicating configuration patterns of components and wirings between the components used in a design-target circuit; an acquiring unit that acquires label setting information indicating an association of one or more labels with respective configuration information indicating a configuration pattern of components and wirings between the components of a circuit, the label setting information including one or more codes as the one or more labels different from each other in accordance with contents of a check item performed in designing of the circuit; a selecting unit that selects, from the storage unit, a configuration pattern of the design-target circuit that matches a configuration pattern included in the acquired label setting information; and a setting unit that sets a label corresponding to the acquired configuration pattern to the selected configuration pattern of the design-target circuit.