Patent ID: 7584211

Claim:
A system for automatically extracting new information inputted on a computer aided design (CAD) figure, inspecting the extracted information, and registering the validated information in a parts list, the system comprising: at least one computer processor and at least one application executed by said at least one computer processor, collectively defining: a figure generator which inputs new information into the system, wherein the input new information is incorporated into a CAD figure generated by said figure generator, said generated CAD figure relating to a unit which comprises a plurality of parts, said generated CAD figure containing at least a figure of said unit and first character strings, the first character strings comprising part data provided on the generated CAD figure; an information database which stores an attribute of at least a second character string relating to each of said plurality of parts, the attribute of the at least a second character string comprising at least one of positional information and font information of the part data provided on the generated CAD figure; a figure controller which automatically extracts the input new information in a form of a third character string, comprising desired part data, from said first character strings, said third character string corresponding to said attribute of said at least a second character string, wherein the figure controller uses one of positional information and font information to locate desired part data on the figure, at least one of said figure controller and a part table controller automatically inspects said third character string to determine if said third character string is reasonable for registering; a part table database which stores a parts list for managing said plurality of parts of said unit; and said part table controller which automatically registers said third character string on said parts list in response to determining that said third character string is reasonable for registering.