Apparatus and method for visualizing technology change

Abstract

A technology transition visualization apparatus includes: bibliographic database integrating heterogeneous resources; technology information database storing information in technology lifecycle; interface module receiving technology from user; feature set creation module calculating feature values by searching bibliographic database and creating feature set for each technology; answer feature set creation module calculating common feature value of feature sets of technologies belonging to the same stage in technology lifecycle and creating answer feature set of each stage; stage determination module acquiring feature-related information, creating representative feature set and year-specific feature set of technology, determining representative stage or year-specific stage by comparing the representative feature set or year-specific feature set with the answer feature set, and estimating development speed of the technology; visualization module visualizing the technology lifecycle; and year-specific stage acquisition module acquiring current stage, year-specific stage and estimated next stage of the technology and visualizing the stages.