A Method of Creating New Sciences in Which Products are Used by Focusing on Thematic Relations
Year: 2015
Editor: Amaresh Chakrabarti, Toshiharu Taura and Yukari Nagai
Author: Sumitani, N.; Taura, T.; Georgiev, G.V.
Institution: 1Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kobe University, Kobe,Japan and 2Organization of Advanced Science and Technology, Kobe University,Kobe, Japan
Section: Brief Podium Papers
Page(s): 326-334
ISBN: 978-1-904670-60-5
Abstract
This study aims to develop a method that creates new scenes in which a new product may be used. This method is developed by focusing on thematic relations, which are the relations between two concepts through a thematic scene. Thematic relations enable us to represent the functions and structure of a product, as well as the scenes in which the product are used. We propose a specific method for constructing a database of thematic relations and creating a new scene using this database. This method is implemented in a computer system and a case study demonstrates the use of this system.
Keywords: design, scene, thematic relations