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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 25, 1996
Shigeyuki Miyamoto, Tokyo, JP;
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The environmental assessment system is used for assessing impacts to environment during a life cycle of a product from its production up to its disposal, and includes an input section, an input help section, a data storing section, an environmental impact assessment section and a display section. The input section inputs text information and image information relating to respective processes of the product, information relating to inter-relationships between respective processes, factors for environmental impacts, and environmental impact values. The input help section stores information necessary for helping data input at the input section and displays the stored data according to instructions from the input section. The data storing section stores the information inputted through the input section for each of the processes. The environmental impact assessment section calculates a total environmental impact of the product, and the display section displays information such as the total environmental impact values. The input help section includes an image information storing section to show content of each process in images.