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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 1993
Filed:
Jul. 31, 1991
Yoji Shimizu, Yokosuka, JP;
Tomio Jindo, Yokohama, JP;
Shizu Ohshima, Yokosuka, JP;
Kiyomi Hirasago, Yokosuka, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
A system for designing a configuration capable of accounting for subtle variations of each design element involved. In this system, evaluation terms which expresses impressions associated with the design elements of the configuration is entered; a fuzzy knowledge data-base for memorizing relationships between the evaluation terms and the design elements in terms of fuzzy sets represented by membership functions is prepared; a pattern of each design element appropriate for the evaluation terms entered at the entering step is inferred according to the fuzzy knowledge data-base, and the configuration is constructed from the inferred pattern of each design element; and the constructed configuration is outputted.