JP2002024303A - Method and system for design diagnosis, recording medium with design diagnosis program recorded thereon, printed matter, and design consulting method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make the evaluation, judgement and diagnosis of the design of an arbitrary product or environment performable in consideration of designs of other products or environments. SOLUTION: The design diagnosis system is a system diagnosing a design and is provided with a means for inputting information including appraisals of designs of products or environments in accordance with arbitrarily determined items, a means for string information including appraisals of designs of products or environments, a means for retrieving information satisfying a retrieval condition from stored information, a means for diagnosing designs of one or plural arbitrary products or environments on the basis of retrieved information, and a means for outputting the diagnosis result.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a design diagnosis system, a design diagnosis method, a recording medium recording a design diagnosis program, a printed matter, and a design consulting method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, barrier-free concepts for removing obstacles to the elderly and disabled persons from living in society have been adopted in various things. However, in the barrier-free mode, the elderly and the disabled are treated as special people, and the users may be limited, such as in Braille output, wheelchair elevators, and buses with lifts.

[0003] In contrast, the concept of designing products and environments so that they are available to everyone as uniformly as possible, as universally, is a universal concept.
There is something called design. Universal Design is available from Ronald L.A. Mace proposed in the 1990s based on the following seven principles to evaluate existing designs and guide them to better designs. The first principle is equitable use (Equitable
Use). The second principle is Flexibility in Use.
The third principle is simple and intuitive use (Simple
and Intuitive Use). 4th
The principle of easy-to-understand information (Perceptible)
Information). Fifth principle is Tolerancefor Error
It is. The sixth principle is that low physical burden (Low P
physical Effort). The seventh principle is that size and space (Size
and Space for Approachan
d Use).

[0004]

Under these circumstances, the applicant of the present invention has developed a product design that is easy for anyone to use by objectively evaluating and judging the product design based on the universal design. Has helped. In addition, products
The goods themselves include those that are used in the hands of consumers, such as packages for packaging the goods, and are used until they are discarded.

For example, specifically, in each stage of the product life cycle (product manufacture, distribution, retail, purchase, storage, use, disposal) of the product, the design of the product is considered from each of the five senses, physical and psychological aspects. Analyzing and approaching.

In the consumer stage, a plurality of check items are selected in a process from purchase to storage / use and disposal, and a product design is evaluated by each check item.
It is helping to improve it.

By the way, when evaluation (diagnosis) using a plurality of check items at the consumer stage is performed using an evaluation (diagnosis) sheet, evaluations of various product designs are systematically arranged and taken out when necessary. This is disadvantageous in that it takes a lot of labor and time to evaluate and determine an arbitrary product design in consideration of other product designs.

An object of the present invention is to enable evaluation, judgment and diagnosis of an arbitrary product or environment design in consideration of another product or environment design.

[0009]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object in the present invention, first, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a system for diagnosing a design is provided. Means for inputting information including the evaluation of the design of the environment, means for storing information including the evaluation of the design of the product or the environment, means for searching the stored information for information satisfying a search condition, and A design diagnosis system comprising: means for diagnosing one or a plurality of products or an environment design based on the received information; and means for outputting a diagnosis result.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a design diagnosis system according to the first aspect, further comprising means for printing a diagnosis result.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the design diagnostic system according to the first or second aspect, wherein the means for outputting the diagnosis result includes means for presenting an improvement plan. It is.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for diagnosing a design, comprising: inputting information including an evaluation of a product or environment design according to arbitrarily defined items; A step of storing information including an evaluation of the design; a step of searching for information that satisfies a search condition from the stored information; and a step of searching for one or more products or environments based on the searched information. A design diagnosis method includes a step of diagnosing a design and a step of outputting a diagnosis result.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a design diagnosis method according to the fourth aspect, further comprising a step of printing a diagnosis result.

The invention according to claim 6 is the design diagnosis method according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the step of outputting the diagnosis result includes a step of presenting an improvement plan. is there.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recording medium on which a program for causing a computer to diagnose a design is recorded, and information including a product or environmental design evaluation is input according to arbitrarily defined items. A step of storing information including an evaluation of a product or environment design; a step of searching for information that satisfies a search condition from the stored information; and a step of searching for any information based on the searched information. The present invention is a recording medium on which a design diagnosis program for causing a computer to execute a procedure for diagnosing the design of one or a plurality of products or environments and a procedure for outputting a diagnosis result are recorded.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recording medium recording a design diagnosis program according to the seventh aspect, wherein the computer is caused to execute a procedure for printing a diagnosis result.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, the step of outputting the diagnosis result includes a step of presenting an improvement plan. It is a medium.

According to the tenth aspect of the present invention, a diagnosis result of one or more arbitrary products or environment designs is printed based on the evaluation of the product or environment design satisfying the search condition. The printed matter is characterized by the following.

According to the eleventh aspect of the present invention, a consultation is performed by outputting a result of diagnosing any one or a plurality of product or environment designs based on the evaluation of the product or environment design satisfying the search condition. Do design consulting method.

[0020]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below.

1. Hardware Configuration of System of Present Invention As shown in FIG. 1, the design diagnostic system of the present invention includes a central processing unit, a main storage device, an auxiliary storage device,
An output device, an input device, and a printer device are provided, and these devices are connected by a bus.

The printer device is a device that prints out data, such as a laser printer or an ink jet printer. The printer device is used to print a diagnosis result of a product or environment design. Therefore, when it is not necessary to print the diagnosis result, the design diagnosis system of the present invention does not need to include a printer device.

The input device is a device for inputting data, such as a mouse or a keyboard.

The output device is a device such as a CRT display or a liquid crystal display for outputting data and diagnostic results, and includes a device for transmitting voice and data to a user.

The auxiliary storage device is a nonvolatile storage device for storing data and programs, such as a hard disk, a memory card, and a memory chip. The program includes at least a design diagnosis program and a database management system. With this database management system, information including the evaluation of the product (product) or environmental design is stored in a database in the auxiliary storage device.

The program is loaded from the auxiliary storage device to the main storage device and executed by the central processing unit.

2. Database Information including product or environment design evaluations is stored in a relational database table, as illustrated in FIG.

Rows D1 to Dn of the table correspond to products or environments, respectively. The columns A1 to Aq in the table correspond to information other than the check items for the product or environment design, respectively. Further, columns C1 to Cm of the table correspond to check items for the design of the product or the environment, respectively.

Examples of information other than the check items for the product or environment design include, for example, the product design, “data classification”, “manufacturer name”, “product number”, “product name”, “product category”. , "JAN code", "JICFS classification", and "package form".

The evaluation of each check item is graded, and is converted into a score and stored in a table. For example,
If it ’s a product packaging design, “very good”
"Good", "Neither", "Bad", "Very bad" five-level, "Very good" is "4",
"Good" is converted to "3", "neither" is converted to "2", "bad" is converted to "1", and "very bad" is converted to "0".
In addition, when there is a case where a design cannot be evaluated for a certain check item, "not applicable" indicating that fact.

As shown in FIG. 7, the check items for evaluating the design of the product or the environment include “physical aspects” such as ease of holding, and “five sense aspects” such as ease of reading letters and touching comfort. The check items are arbitrarily selected from the "psychological aspects" such as the intelligibility of the manual and the process of designing the product or the environment.
In this embodiment, 17 check items are selected.

As an evaluation of each check item, a table column corresponding to the comment may be provided so that a comment expressed in characters can be stored.

In some cases, a product or environmental design evaluation target is divided into several parts, and a check item is provided for each of the evaluation targets to perform evaluation. For example, when the product itself is put in a container, and the container has a lid, the evaluation of the lid design is evaluated as evaluation 1, the evaluation of the container design is evaluated as evaluation 2, and check items are provided for each of evaluation 1 and evaluation 2. To be evaluated. Also in such a case, the table is provided with a column corresponding to each check item.

3. Diagnosis by the System of the Present Invention When the system of the present invention executes the design diagnosis program, it performs the following processing as shown in the flowchart of FIG.

STEP 1: The user opens a design evaluation input screen using the input device, and inputs information including the evaluation of the design of the product or environment to be diagnosed. The input of the evaluation of this design is performed by inputting the evaluation for each check item. FIG. 4 shows an example of a design evaluation input screen in the case of evaluating a product package in a product or environment design.

STEP 2: The central processing unit inserts a row for storing the input information into the table.

STEP 3: The user opens a search screen using the input device and inputs search conditions. FIG. 5 shows an example of a search screen in the case of evaluating a product package in a product or environment design.

STEP4: The central processing unit evaluates the design of the product or the environment that satisfies the search condition (diagnosis standard)
Is retrieved and read out to the main memory.

STEP 5: The central processing unit diagnoses the design of the product or environment to be diagnosed for each check item based on the evaluation (diagnosis criteria) of the retrieved design.

STEP 6: The central processing unit outputs the diagnosis result by the output unit.

STEP 7: The user instructs the computer to print the diagnostic results using the input device, and the central processing unit prints the diagnostic results on a printer.

FIG. 6 shows an example of a diagnosis result in the case of a product design. The diagnostic result of FIG. 6 shows, for each of the check items 1 to 17, the average score of the design (diagnosis criterion) of all products satisfying the search condition and the product A to be diagnosed.
And the score of the design are graphed. It can be considered that the package of the product A is inferior in the check item having a lower score than the average value. Therefore, an improvement plan for each check item may be stored in the database, and for a check item having a score lower than the average value, an improvement plan as indicated by a balloon may be included in the diagnosis result. Alternatively, only the check items whose scores are lower than the average value by a certain value may be included in the diagnosis result. The fixed value may be different depending on the check item or the type of the product or environment to be diagnosed.

In order to find a defect in the design of the product or environment to be diagnosed for each check item, the score of the product or environment design and the product or environment design ( If there is something appropriate other than the comparison with the average score of the diagnostic criteria), this may be used. For example, for each check item, take a standard deviation or perform a statistical test between the score of the product or environment design and the score of the product or environment design (diagnosis criteria) that satisfy the search conditions. And so on. Even in this case, an improvement plan may be included in the diagnosis result for the check item where the defect is found.

In the system of the present invention, the design of the input product or environment is diagnosed, but the product or environment stored in the database may be arbitrarily selected and the design may be diagnosed.

Further, there may be a plurality of product or environment designs to be diagnosed based on the evaluation of the product or environment design (evaluation criteria) that satisfies the search condition. For example, for each check item, the average of the design score of the product of a certain company is compared with the average of the score of the design of the product of the industry to which the company belongs, and the design of the company is compared with the evaluation in the industry. It can be evaluated and diagnosed together.

[0046]

As a result, the present invention has the following effects.

First, claim 1, claim 4, and claim 7
The present invention has an effect that a diagnosis of an arbitrary product or environment design can be performed in a short time and easily in consideration of the design of another product or environment.

The inventions of claims 2, 5, and 8 have an effect that, in addition to the above effects, a printed matter on which a diagnosis result is printed can be easily issued.

According to the third, sixth, and ninth aspects of the present invention, in addition to the above-described effects, there is an effect that a printed matter on which a diagnosis result including an improvement plan is printed can be easily issued.

According to the tenth aspect of the present invention, there is an effect that a diagnosis result of the design can be easily reported to a requester of the diagnosis of the design of the product or the environment, and the design can be consulted based on the diagnosis result.

According to the eleventh aspect of the present invention, consulting based on a diagnosis result in consideration of the design of an arbitrary product or environment in consideration of the design of another product or environment can be performed easily in a short time.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of a system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram exemplifying a table for storing information relating to a design;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing by the system of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a design evaluation input screen.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a search screen.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a diagnosis result.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a viewpoint of selecting a check item.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 check item 2 check item 3 check item 4 check item 5 check item 6 check item 7 check item 8 check item 9 check item 10 check item 11 check item 12 check item 13 check item Check item 14 ... Check item 15 ... Check item 16 ... Check item 17 ... Check item A1 ... Attribute A2 ... Attribute A3 ... Attribute Al ... Attribute C1 ... Check item C2 ... Check item C3 ... Check item Cm ... Check item D1 ... Product or Environment D2: Product or environment D3: Product or environment Dn: Product or environment

Claims (11)

[Claims] 1. A system for diagnosing a design, comprising: means for inputting information including an evaluation of a product or environment design according to arbitrarily defined items; and information including an evaluation of a product or environment design. Means for searching for information that satisfies search conditions from the stored information; and means for diagnosing one or more products or environment designs based on the searched information. A design diagnosis system, comprising: a means for outputting a diagnosis result. 2. The design diagnosis system according to claim 1, further comprising means for printing a diagnosis result. 3. The design diagnosis system according to claim 1, wherein the means for outputting the diagnosis result includes means for presenting an improvement plan. 4. A method for diagnosing a design, comprising: inputting information including an evaluation of a product or environment design according to arbitrarily defined items; and information including an evaluation of a product or environment design. A step of searching for information that satisfies a search condition from the stored information; and a step of diagnosing any one or a plurality of products or environment designs based on the searched information. And a step of outputting a diagnosis result. 5. The design diagnosis method according to claim 4, further comprising a step of printing a diagnosis result. 6. The design diagnosis method according to claim 4, wherein the step of outputting the diagnosis result includes a step of presenting an improvement plan. 7. A recording medium on which a program for causing a computer to perform a design diagnosis is recorded, wherein a procedure for inputting information including an evaluation of a product or environment design according to arbitrarily defined items is provided. A procedure for storing information including the evaluation of the design of the environment; a procedure for searching for information that satisfies a search condition from the stored information; and, based on the searched information, any one or a plurality of products or A storage medium storing a design diagnosis program for causing a computer to execute a procedure for diagnosing an environment design, a procedure for outputting a diagnosis result, and the like. 8. The recording medium according to claim 7, wherein the computer is caused to execute a procedure for printing a diagnosis result. 9. The recording medium according to claim 7, wherein the step of outputting the diagnosis result includes a step of presenting an improvement plan. 10. A printed matter characterized in that a result of diagnosis of one or more products or environment designs is printed based on the evaluation of the product or environment design satisfying the search condition. 11. An output of a result of diagnosing any one or a plurality of product or environment designs based on the evaluation of the product or environment design satisfying the search condition.
Design consulting method for consulting.