Patent ID: 8706465

Claim:
A design support system supporting a design of an electronic device having an input device through which an input is made by utilizing elasticity, comprising: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to: execute a structural simulation of a first input device based on structural data of the electronic device having the first input device, said structural simulation includes a key switch analysis having a weighting condition as a parameter to calculate a reactive force of the first input device; notify a designer, as a result of the structural simulation, that a re-design of the electronic device is required based on determination that reactive characteristic data of the first input device is outside a range to support the design of the electronic device; examine the reactive characteristic data; and search an input device database and select a second input device when the first input device is deficient, where the second input device has parameters calculated to be reactive force nearest to an optimum value within the range from among other input devices.