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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 1991
Filed:
Nov. 16, 1988
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Generating apparatus and method by which all steps of the procedure for generating a configuration diagram of connection between a plurality of units constituting a system can be automated. The automatic connection configuration diagram generating system comprises a first memory for storing data indicative of the units by which the system is constituted, a second memory for storing data indicative of a layout according to which the units of the system are laid, a knowledge base for incorporating a set of rules indicative of connection specifications for all of the units of the system, a selector for selecting connection specification rules for desired units from the rule set stored in the knowledge base, a controller for determining a connection structure on the basis of the selected rules and the data stored in the first and second memories, and a third memory for storing the connection structure determined by the controller.