Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Tetsuo Kon

Susumu Takahashi

Atsushi Hirano

Takashi Yanagimoto

Hideo Tani

Shigeru Isobe

Harunobu Hirakawa

Tsuneo Misaki

An apparatus, method, system, computer program and product, each capable of assisting a printed board design process. A predetermined combination including information regarding at least two of a board material, board sheet, and a printed circuit board is prepared before performing the printed board design process.

Assisting printed board design process

A product design support system comprises a product design support server (), a product design support database () where parts information, parts image information, circuit information and circuit image information are stored, a communication network () and a designer terminal () connected via the communication network (). The product design support server () allows a designer to specify a predetermined circuit from circuits stored in the product design support database (). When the predetermined circuit is specified, the product design support server () transmits at least one of circuit information or circuit image information of the specified circuit to the designer terminal () via the communication network () to provide the designer with the transmitted information. In case of newly designing a circuit, a circuit or parts satisfying the specification designated by the designer are specified through simulation or the like, and the designer is provided with information on the specified circuit or the like.

Product design support system, product design support method, and program

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Kanagawa, Japan

Tetsuo Kon