Patent ID: 8862441

Claim:
A processing support device comprising: a processor; a memory section that stores first two-dimensional co-ordinate data that represents processing object unit counts X of processing targets to which predetermined processing is applied by predetermined equipment and processing durations Y required for the processing of the unit counts X of the processing targets as co-ordinate points in two dimensions, and second two-dimensional co-ordinate data that represents unit counts X and processing durations Y for individual types of the processing as co-ordinate points in two dimensions; an intercept derivation section that derives, using the processor, an intercept b of a regression equation expressed as the following expression (1) Y=aX+b (1) in which the unit count X is an independent variable, the processing duration Y is a dependent variable, and b is an intercept and a is a gradient particular to the equipment, the intercept b being an intercept that satisfies a second condition among intercepts of lines that pass through a reference co-ordinate point and respective co-ordinate points in a region, the reference co-ordinate point satisfying a first predetermined condition among the co-ordinate points represented by the first two-dimensional co-ordinate data stored in the memory section, and the region being bounded by a line that passes through the reference co-ordinate point and is parallel to an x-axis representing the unit counts X, a y-axis representing the processing durations Y and a line that passes through the reference co-ordinate point and the origin; a gradient derivation section that derives, using the processor, the gradient a, the gradient a being a gradient of a line that satisfies a third predetermined condition among gradients of lines that pass through the intercept b derived by the intercept derivation section and each of all co-ordinate points with a unit count X greater than or equal to a predetermined number among the co-ordinate points represented by the second two-dimensional co-ordinate data stored in the memory section; and a support section that supports, using the processor, the processing using expression (1), into which the intercept b derived by the intercept derivation section and the gradient a derived by the gradient derivation section are substituted, wherein the first predetermined condition includes conditions that the co-ordinate point is at a maximum value of the unit count X and the processing duration Y falls in a first duration band, and the first duration band is processing durations Y, among the processing durations Y of co-ordinate points with the maximum value unit count X represented by the first two-dimensional co-ordinate data, of which positions counting from a minimum processing duration Y are proportions relative to a total number of the co-ordinate points with the maximum value unit count X of from 5% to 35%.