Patent ID: 7289859
Filing Date: 2007-10-30
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A product design parameter determining method which includes a product design process for determining a design parameter regarding a product structure of a product and a design parameter regarding a manufacturing method of said product in order to satisfy a function required for said product, wherein said product design process comprises: a first step of, by using quality influence model structuring processing means, producing a quality influence model including a model obtained by structuring a degree of quality influence of a plurality of design parameters of said product on a plurality of product functions and a model obtained by structuring a relationship of a mutual influence degree among design parameters; a second step of, by using experiment design preparing means, extracting a design parameter group with reduced interaction from the quality influence model produced by said quality influence model structuring processing means and then preparing an experiment design based upon the design parameter group; and a third step of, by using a design parameter coordination processing means, acquiring a result of an experiment performed based upon the experiment design prepared by said experiment design preparing means, updating the quality influence model between product function and design parameter by using the experiment result, and performing coordination process of a design parameter and estimation of a product function for satisfying a required product function with taking into account manufacturing variation, and common quality influence model is used in said first, second, and third steps, and said product design process is performed by combining said first, second, and third steps.